International Rosa Luxemburg Society
Circular
– Early December 2012
« Democracy and Revolution in the work of
Rosa Luxemburg »
International
Conference
4-5 October 2013
Paris, Sorbonne, l’amphithéâtre Lefebvre
One of the most important contributions of Rosa Luxemburg to modern Marxist thought is her refusal to separate the concepts of “democracy” and “revolution”. This approach is developed in a) her criticism of the limits of bourgeois democracy, b) her conception of the revolutionary struggle as democratic self-emancipation of the great masses, c) her vision of socialist democracy with the workers’ councils’ system as a possible form of “dictatorship of the proletariat”, and d) her firm insistence - in discussion with Russian revolutionaries - on the importance of democratic freedoms in the transition towards socialism.
We
will deal with the question of democracy in her writings on Marxism, on
political economy and on the national question (self-administration and
national autonomy as democratic solutions).
These are issues that remain relevant at the beginning
of the 21 Century. The aim of the Conference will be not only to analyze the
historical aspects and the texts themselves,
but also the political
significance of these issues, in an
epoch that sees a crisis of democracy within the context of crisis in
capitalist civilization.
Co-organizers/sponsors: Rosa Luxemburg
Foundation in Berlin, Transform
Network, Espaces Marx, Foundation Louise Michel, the journals Actuel
Marx and Contretemps, Agone Publishing
House, Smolny Collective, and others.
Conference
Languages: French and English with simultaneous translation
In general the participants have to carry the costs
for travel and accommodation themselves. We are trying
some fund raising actions to give financial support for travel and
accommodation costs to those who need it. But actually we cannot tell whether a
financial support will be possible.
The
number of speakers is quite limited (20) due to the one room venue with
simultaneous translation. Therefore it might be possible that we are not able
to accept all demands for registration of papers. But of cause everybody is
welcome as conference participant whether with or without presenting a paper.
Please send your request for registration or the
proposal for your paper to:
Prof. Dr. Narihiko ITO
Ottokar Luban
ito-lux248@nifty.com oluban@gmx.de
ito-lux248@nifty.com oluban@gmx.de
Our special thanks go to the
Paris committee with Michael Löwy (chair), Elisabeth Gauthier, Jean-Numa
Ducange, Claudie Weill, Aleksander Jousselin, Dominique Crozat, Claude Saligny,
David Muhlman, Jacqueline Bois, and Eric Sevault who
are preparing the conference since late 2011.
Prof. Dr. Narihiko ITO Ottokar Luban
Prof. Dr. Narihiko ITO Ottokar Luban
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