Helen Scott (ed.)
Price: INR225.00
ISBN: 978-81-89654-87-0 (Pb)
Year: 2010
Pages: vi+194pp.
About the Book
This new, authoritative introduction to Rosa Luxemburg's two most important works presents the full text of Reform or Revolution and The Mass Strike, with explanatory notes, appendices, and introductions.
One of the most important Marxist thinkers and leaders of the 20th century, Rosa Luxemburg is finding renewed interest among a new generation of activists and critics of global capitalism.
Reviews
Rosa Luxemburg is an icon to both socialists and feminists, and her fight for equality is often cited as an example of what a dedicated female reformer can accomplish; but most people have not read Luxemburg's treatises. Scott (English, University of Vermont) provides translated editions of two Luxemburg works "Reform or Revolution" and "The Mass Strike." She prefaces these with a short biography of Luxemburg, reminding the reader that much of her writing was done in prison; Luxemburg was not a theoretical socialist. However these two essays show she was well grounded in theory. The first is a critique of the theories of German Socialist philosopher Eduard Bornstein. It is clear, without jargon, citing the major writers on the subject. The second essay is her firsthand explication of the mass strikes in Russia leading to the failed 1905 revolution. She writes with passion, but again her analysis is clearly thought out. The book will interest anyone wishing to know Luxemburg in her own words, and it is also priced to be useful in the classroom.
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About the Author
Helen Scott is an associate professor of English at the University of Vermont where she teaches postcolonial studies and Caribbean literature. She worked on the union drive that won faculty representation with United Academics (AFT-AAUP), and she is currently a union delegate. She has published articles in Callaloo, International Socialist Review, Journal of Haitian Studies, Postcolonial Text; has chapters in anthologies including Marxism, Modernity, and Postcolonial Studies, and Haiti: Writing under Siege; and a book, Caribbean Women Writers and Globalization: Fictions of Independence, published by Ashgate. Originally from Britain, she has lived in the U.S. since 1988 and is a long-time socialist activist who frequently speaks on panels and at rallies against imperialism and racism, and for labour and immigrant rights.
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