Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg Volume IV - Political Writings 2, on Revolution 1906-1909

This 600-page volume of Luxemburg's Complete Works contains her writings On Revolution from 1906 to 1909 - covering the 1905-06 Russian Revolution, an epoch-making event, and its aftermath. Over 80 per cent of writings on this volume have never before appeared in English. The volume contains numerous writings never before available in English, such as her pathbreaking essay "Lessons of the Three Dumas," which presents a unique perspective on the transition to socialism, her "Notes on the English Revolution" of the 1640s, and numerous writings on of the role of the mass strike in fomenting revolutionary transformation. All of the material in the volume consists of new translations, from German, Polish, and Russian originals.

About the author

Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was a Polish-born Jewish revolutionary and one of the greatest theoretical minds of the European socialist movement. An activist in Germany and Poland, the author of numerous classic works, she participated in the founding of the German Communist Party and the Spartacist insurrection in Berlin in 1919. She was assassinated in January of that year and has become a hero of socialist, communist and feminist movements around the world.PETER HUDIS is Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Oakton Community College. He has published extensively on Marxist theory and is General Editor of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg.

Product details

• Authors: Rosa Luxemburg, Luxemburg Rosa
• Assisted by: Peter Hudis (Editor), Hudis Peter (Editor), Sandra Rein (Editor), Jacob Blumenfeld (Translation), Blumenfeld Jacob (Translation), Nicholas Gray (Translation), Henry Holland (Translation), Holland Henry (Translation), Zachary King (Translation), Manuela Koelke (Translation), Manuela Kölke (Translation), Joseph Muller (Translation), Muller Joseph (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781804290408
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-040-8
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism