| Grant number: | 13/18952-8 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Effective date (Start): | February 01, 2014 |
| Effective date (End): | July 31, 2016 |
| Field of knowledge: | Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History |
| Principal researcher: | Lincoln Ferreira Secco |
| Grantee: | Rosa Rosa de Souza Rosa Gomes |
| Home Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 14/17793-6 - ROSA Luxemburg's collapse theory and the debate on revolution in the German social democracy (1898-1914), BE.EP.MS |
Abstract The different social movements currently taking place, lead us back to Rosa Luxemburg's political theory and her proposition of mass organization through action. Her economic theory cannot, likewise, be abandoned: first of all, because it is impossible to separate the two dimensions - political and economic - of her line of thought; secondly, because this theory can provide the foundations to construe the changes that have led and lead to the reproduction of the capitalist system. When proposing that this system sustains itself through domination, exploitation and later incorporation of non-capitalists areas, Rosa undertakes a historical approach to capitalism and suggests a collapsing tendency (Zusammenbruchstheorie), which, nevertheless, does not confound itself with the revolution, but with barbarity. Our research intends to understand Rosa's contributions to the discussion on imperialism, within her historical period, by connecting collapse, revolution and barbarity in the Rosa Luxemburg's economic work "The Accumulation of Capital". | |