Letters of Rosa Luxemburg

English

ISBN: 1844674533

EAN: 9781844674534

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Historical/Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism/Social Science / Women'S Studies/

Publisher: Verso Books

Release Date: 02/01/2011

Synopsis: This is the most comprehensive collection of letters by Rosa Luxemburg everpublished in English, including 190 letters written to leading figures in theEuropean and international labor and socialist movementsLeo Jogiches,Karl Kautsky, Clara Zetkin and Karl Liebknechtwho were her closestfriends, lovers and colleagues. Many of these letters appear for the first timein English translation; all help to illuminate the inner life of this iconicrevolutionary, who was at once an economic and social theorist, a politicalactivist and a lyrical stylist. Her political concerns are revealed alongsideher personal struggles within a socialist movement that was often hostileto independently minded women. This collection will provide readers witha newer and deeper appreciation of Luxemburg as a writer and historicalfigure. About the series: Rosa Luxemburg (18711919) is widely regarded as one of the most creative writers of modern socialism and the foremost femaletheoretician of European radicalism. Her wide-ranging and incisive works, which include studies on capitalisms inherent drivefor global expansion, the relation between spontaneity and organization, and the inseparability of democracy and socialism, havemade her a pole of attraction for theorists and activists around the world. Her fiercely independent intellect and uncompromisingdefense of human liberty speaks more powerfully to our era than to any other. The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg will make her entire body of work available for the first time. It will contain all of herbooks, pamphlets, essays, articles, letters and manuscripts, many of which have never before appeared in English. It will alsoinclude writings of hers that have only recently been discovered. All of her previously published work in English will be newlytranslated from German, Polish, Russian, and Yiddish originals. The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg will be published infourteen volumes, each with comprehensive annotations and introductions. The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg will bring the contributions of this remarkable thinker andpersonality alive for new generations.

Letters of Rosa Luxemburg

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.75 inches

Width: 6.5 inches

Length: 9.5 inches

Weight: 37.53 oz

Pages: 512