Róża Luksemburg. Domem moim jest cały świat

Rosa Luxemburg is an engaging and thoughtfully composed biography of the legendary philosopher and revolutionary. Luxemburg’s unlikely life story begins in 1871 in the Polish city of Zamość – itself founded as an experiment in utopian planning – and ends in Berlin with her murder by the police during the failed Spartacist uprising of 1919. Given her radical political views, activism and unconventional lifestyle, Luxemburg remains a controversial figure in her native Poland and across the world.

In the biography, the subject is neither lionised nor condemned. Veteran journalist Weronika Kostyrko brings the reader into the world of Luxemburg – who was also the survivor of a pogrom and a woman living with a disability – amid all its complexity. Employing a wealth of quotations from philosophical texts and personal correspondences, the author allows Luxemburg to speak for herself, as both a thinker and a human being.

Rosa Luxemburg expands upon and enriches the pre-existing body of work on the revolutionary thanks to its grounding within the Polish historical context and its emphasis on Luxemburg’s human experiences and relationships. The book will appeal to the reader that enjoys historical biographies, as well as those interested in political movements, disability, and cultural, Jewish and women’s history.