ABSTRACT

Introduction My study begins with this premise: Rosa Luxemburg was not only a Marxist economist, but also a Marxist philosopher. As a Marxist philosopher, Luxemburg put forward a view of world history in which accumulation of capital depends on finding markets in non-capitalist countries. In her view, the main features of accumulation of capital in the imperialist era are as follows:

1 The accumulation of capital is achieved only in a ‘total capitalist’ economy and depends on external conditions, such as the market and consumption.