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.
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
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| author |
Rosa Luxemburg
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| countryOfOrigin |
German Empire
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| 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
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| originalTitle |
Sozialreform oder Revolution?
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| politicalPosition |
anti-revisionist
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left-wing → |
| publicationYear |
1899
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| supports |
class struggle
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proletarian revolution → revolutionary tactics → |
| timePeriod |
late 19th century
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Rosa Luxemburg → |
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