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Rosa Luxemburg's Herbarium
“This beautiful book sheds new light on Rosa Luxemburg. It is an inspiring contribution to ecosocialist thought and reflections on plant science and environmental justice.”
—Silvia Federici“What does a revolutionary pacifist do in prison during WWI? Collect plants—not as a hobby but to study the world. The book opens a window onto Luxemburg’s life and theories of imperialism and capitalism.”
—Isabella Weberabout the bookabout
Better known for her revolutionary politics, Rosa Luxemburg was also an avid botanist. Between 1913-1918, even while incarcerated in Poland and Germany for her activism, Luxemburg collected plants sent to her by friends and found in the prison grounds. With care and expertise, she pressed and annotated close to 400 varieties of leaves and flowers.
This lavishly illustrated study, the first of its kind, brings together pages from Luxemburg’s herbarium, personal letters that provide rich detail about her fascination with plants, and a discussion of her ecological critique of colonial capitalism.
Through the lens of the herbarium, Claudia Horn, who has written extensively on environmental justice and natural resources, focuses on the connections between the study of flora, the naturalist movement, and plantation slave labor, showing that decolonization of botany and environmentalism is both possible and necessary.
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Related Interest
Rosa Luxemburg's Herbarium
“This beautiful book sheds new light on Rosa Luxemburg. It is an inspiring contribution to ecosocialist thought and reflections on plant science and environmental justice.”
—Silvia Federici“What does a revolutionary pacifist do in prison during WWI? Collect plants—not as a hobby but to study the world. The book opens a window onto Luxemburg’s life and theories of imperialism and capitalism.”
—Isabella Weberabout the bookabout
Better known for her revolutionary politics, Rosa Luxemburg was also an avid botanist. Between 1913-1918, even while incarcerated in Poland and Germany for her activism, Luxemburg collected plants sent to her by friends and found in the prison grounds. With care and expertise, she pressed and annotated close to 400 varieties of leaves and flowers.
This lavishly illustrated study, the first of its kind, brings together pages from Luxemburg’s herbarium, personal letters that provide rich detail about her fascination with plants, and a discussion of her ecological critique of colonial capitalism.
Through the lens of the herbarium, Claudia Horn, who has written extensively on environmental justice and natural resources, focuses on the connections between the study of flora, the naturalist movement, and plantation slave labor, showing that decolonization of botany and environmentalism is both possible and necessary.
About The Author / Editor