“Freedom is Always and Exclusively Freedom for the One Who Thinks Differently”: An Analysis and Review of Rosa Luxemburg’s Concepts of Freedom of the Speech

Lu Jiayin

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2016, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (7) : 67-85.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2016, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (7) : 67-85.

“Freedom is Always and Exclusively Freedom for the One Who Thinks Differently”: An Analysis and Review of Rosa Luxemburg’s Concepts of Freedom of the Speech

  • Lu Jiayin is associate professor at School of Communication and Design of Sun Yat-sen University.Email: medialaw@qq.com. This paper was funded by the Hundred Talents Program of Sun Yat-sen University titled “Comparative Media Law” (No.: 17000-18821100).
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As a Marxist theorist and representative of the leftist of The Second International and the Social Dy of the international communist movement. Although had been questioned in a long time, she agreed with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on the issue of freedom of the speech within the party. Unlike Lenin, however,Luxemburg actively fought for the freedom of speech before workers' party took power, but also advocated press freedom within and outside the party even after that, and strived to stick to the concept of “freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently”.

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Rosa Luxemburg / freedom of the speech / social democractic party

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Lu Jiayin. “Freedom is Always and Exclusively Freedom for the One Who Thinks Differently”: An Analysis and Review of Rosa Luxemburg’s Concepts of Freedom of the Speech[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2016, 38(7): 67-85

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This paper was funded by the Hundred Talents Program of Sun Yat-sen University titled “Comparative Media Law” (No.: 17000-18821100).
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