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Abstract
At the core of Rosa Luxemburg's thinking on revolutionary democracy is socialist revolution. This paper advances three methodological principles: 1) an integral historical standpoint; 2) ontologically historical dialectics; and 3) the perspective of crisis. On the basis of these principles, the paper then analyzes the two major theoretical contributions Luxemburg made through her development of the concept of revolutionary democracy. First, by explaining the dialectical relationship between social revolution and social reform, she further illuminated the nature of socialist revolution; second, she elucidated the philosophical meaning and historical significance of spontaneity. A conclusion is then reached: the concepts that Luxemburg developed in considering the crises facing the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and socialism itself anticipated the direction in which the socialist movement was to develop.
Notes on Contributor
Dr He Ping is a professor in the School of Philosophy and director of the Institute of Western Marxism at Wuhan University, China. Her research focuses on Marxist philosophy, the philosophy of culture and the thinking of Rosa Luxemburg. Her publications include A Course in the History of Marxist Philosophy (two volumes) and Marxist Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: East and West, both by the People's Publishing House in China. She is also the editor of Rosa Luxemburg's Thought and Its Contemporary Value. She has published over 200 academic articles in major periodicals in China and other countries.