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The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg
Norman Geras
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Description for The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
During the first decades of the twentieth century, Rosa Luxemburg was the leader of the workers' movement in Poland and Germany. She made a remarkable contribution to socialist theory and practice, yet her legacy remains in dispute. In this book Norman Geras interrogates and refutes the myths that have developed around her work. She was an opponent of socialist participation in the First World War and, as Geras shows, her views on socialist strategy in Russia were closer to Lenin's than any other leader's. Geras explores the development of Luxemburg's critique in ... Read more
During the first decades of the twentieth century, Rosa Luxemburg was the leader of the workers' movement in Poland and Germany. She made a remarkable contribution to socialist theory and practice, yet her legacy remains in dispute. In this book Norman Geras interrogates and refutes the myths that have developed around her work. She was an opponent of socialist participation in the First World War and, as Geras shows, her views on socialist strategy in Russia were closer to Lenin's than any other leader's. Geras explores the development of Luxemburg's critique in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781688717
SKU
V9781781688717
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Ref
99-15
About Norman Geras
Norman Geras (1943-2013) was Professor of Government at the University of Manchester. His books include Solidarity in the Conversation of Humankind and Marx and Human Nature.
Reviews for The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg
This is a useful and thoughtful book, in which the power and originality of Rosa Luxemburg's thinking emerges.
E H Carr
Times Literary Supplement
Geras's book is indispensable for a proper understanding of Luxemburg.
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E H Carr
Times Literary Supplement
Geras's book is indispensable for a proper understanding of Luxemburg.
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