Jon Nixon was Honorary Professor within the Education University of Hong Kong and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. He wrote widely on education as a public good, and on ideas that took in friendship, including Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Friendship, as well as political action and intercultural thinking, in books such as Rosa Luxemburg and the Struggle for Democratic Renewal.

'An authoritative book that offers a compelling insight into the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg. Meticulously researched, this book showcases Nixon's breadth of scholarship, insight and critical imagination ... A significant contribution to the field of intellectual history'

• Preface Acknowledgements A Note to the Reader PART I - TAKING HISTORY AS IT COMES1. The Long Apprenticeship 2. Entering History PART II - THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN3. Political Struggle 4. Political Agency 5. Political Purpose PART III - THINKING DIFFERENTLY6. History is Now 7. The Long Revolution Coda: ‘I Was I Am I Shall Be’ Glossary: Dates and Events, Organisations and People Notes References Index

Jon Nixon was Honorary Professor within the Education University of Hong Kong and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. He wrote widely on education as a public good, and on ideas that took in friendship, including Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Friendship, as well as political action and intercultural thinking, in books such as Rosa Luxemburg and the Struggle for Democratic Renewal.

'An authoritative book that offers a compelling insight into the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg. Meticulously researched, this book showcases Nixon's breadth of scholarship, insight and critical imagination ... A significant contribution to the field of intellectual history'

• Preface Acknowledgements A Note to the Reader PART I - TAKING HISTORY AS IT COMES1. The Long Apprenticeship 2. Entering History PART II - THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN3. Political Struggle 4. Political Agency 5. Political Purpose PART III - THINKING DIFFERENTLY6. History is Now 7. The Long Revolution Coda: ‘I Was I Am I Shall Be’ Glossary: Dates and Events, Organisations and People Notes References Index

Jon Nixon was Honorary Professor within the Education University of Hong Kong and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. He wrote widely on education as a public good, and on ideas that took in friendship, including Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Friendship, as well as political action and intercultural thinking, in books such as Rosa Luxemburg and the Struggle for Democratic Renewal.

'An authoritative book that offers a compelling insight into the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg. Meticulously researched, this book showcases Nixon's breadth of scholarship, insight and critical imagination ... A significant contribution to the field of intellectual history'

• Preface Acknowledgements A Note to the Reader PART I - TAKING HISTORY AS IT COMES1. The Long Apprenticeship 2. Entering History PART II - THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN3. Political Struggle 4. Political Agency 5. Political Purpose PART III - THINKING DIFFERENTLY6. History is Now 7. The Long Revolution Coda: ‘I Was I Am I Shall Be’ Glossary: Dates and Events, Organisations and People Notes References Index