The presence of Rosa Luxemburg in the philosophical and political thought of György Lukács

Abstract

It should be noted that our considerations - which are only intended to broadly outline the topic - revolve around two fundamental points. First of all, we will try to explain why the years of learning Marxist theory and praxis are marked, in Lukács, either by the direct influence of Rosa Luxemburg, or by the presence of certain elective affinities that bring the philosopher closer. Hungarian to the author of The Accumulation of Capital. In the second instance, we will investigate some of the fundamental reasons why Lukács, after an early enthusiasm (which, however, was never completely stripped of reservations), moved away from the Luxembourgist perspective to approach concepts linked, not so much with Leninism itself, as with a sui generis conception of Bolshevism. We cannot concern ourselves here, even in a summary manner, with pointing out to what extent some of the correspondences between R. Luxemburg and Lukács - and here we are referring, above all, to the old Lukács - can be rethought and exploited in relation to the circumstances and contemporary interests