I haven't read anything written by Rosa Luxemburg.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I also don't have any idea about the volume of her work (i.e. how much she wrote during her lifetime.) So, with that in mind, I'd like recommendations in regards to her best two works. If I could only read two pieces of writing by her, what should I read?

[Blackscare]

The Accumulation of Capital is the best work by Luxemburg IMO. I put it up there with Capital itself.

[fa2991]

"Reform or Revolution?", "Leninism or Marxism?" and "The Accumulation of Capital." I know that's one more than you asked for, but the first two are pretty short.

[BAM]

I would avoid recommending The Accumulation of Capital to ayone till they have a firm grasp of Marx's theories. It's an important book for historical reasons and becuase of its place in a lot of early twentieth century debates, but many of the arguments the book started were lost by Luxemburg.

[chegitz guevara]

Reform or Revolution is the place to start. While it is directed against Bernstein, and 112 years old, it's still topical, especially the section on how credit makes crises worse. I highly recommend it. I should had read it years ago.

[Zanthorus]

Well, this is probably highly conjectural, but personally, I'd go for The Mass Strike and The National Question since those are the two that really make Luxemburg stand out.

Oh and:


"Leninism or Marxism?"

The actual title of the work is "Organisational Questions of the Russian Social-Democracy". "Leninism or Marxism" was the slanderous label given to it by Ann Arbor paperbacks.

[S.Artesian]

Rosa's Ph.D. thesis [I am not making this up] on the industrial development of Poland [can't remember if it's called that, or the development of capitalism in Poland] was published in an English-language paperback version about 35 years ago [I think] with an introduction by Lyn Marcus [then imagining himself the reincarnation of the love child of Luxemburg and Lenin].

Skip the introduction. Rosa's paper is almost completely unpolemical and has a wealth of information. It's a good read.

[Zanthorus]

on the industrial development of Poland [can't remember if it's called that, or the development of capitalism in Poland]

I'm pretty sure that it's the first one.


with an introduction by Lyn Marcus

I just looked up who that was. Wow... just... wow...

[S.Artesian]

I'm pretty sure that it's the first one.



I just looked up who that was. Wow... just... wow...


Yeah... what a nut job. Anyway, the book is a treat. For those in the US, Pathfinder Press published a book called Rosa Luxemburg Speaks, which, surprisingly enough is a book of her speeches. I found it to be a good introduction to her method and arguments.

[F9]

Reform or Revolution

The only one i could get my hands on, in greek.I cant remember and much really, it has been over a year for sure i read it, but i know that she let me a good impression with her books, and that it was a good book.Outside that, i can hardly remember what there was inside.