Reform or Revolution
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Reform or Revolution is a seminal 1899 pamphlet by Rosa Luxemburg that critiques revisionist socialism and defends the necessity of revolutionary struggle over gradual reform within capitalism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reform or Revolution canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political pamphlet
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socialist pamphlet ⓘ work of political theory ⓘ |
| argues |
capitalism contains inherent contradictions leading to crisis
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revisionism abandons the fundamental goals of Marxism ⓘ social reforms within capitalism cannot replace socialist revolution ⓘ trade-union and parliamentary struggles are insufficient without revolutionary perspective ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Second International ⓘ |
| author | Rosa Luxemburg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Bernsteinian revisionism
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Eduard Bernstein ⓘ parliamentary reformism ⓘ revisionist socialism ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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political critique ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of opportunism in socialist parties
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limits of parliamentary democracy under capitalism ⓘ relationship between reform and revolution ⓘ strategy of the workers' movement ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
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revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Marxist theory
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debates within the Second International ⓘ revolutionary socialist movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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Karl Marx ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Marxism
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capitalism ⓘ class struggle ⓘ reformism ⓘ revisionist socialism ⓘ revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| movement |
Marxism
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revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic statement of Luxemburg's revolutionary strategy
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systematic critique of Bernstein's revisionism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sozialreform oder Revolution? ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-revisionist
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left-wing ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1899 ⓘ |
| supports |
class struggle
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proletarian revolution ⓘ revolutionary tactics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Rosa Luxemburg