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The Everyday Banality of Domination and the Exceptional Drama of Conquest: Rosa Luxemburg’s Critique of Self-Determination through the Many Lives of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Loefflad, Eric (2026) The Everyday Banality of Domination and the Exceptional Drama of Conquest: Rosa Luxemburg’s Critique of Self-Determination through the Many Lives of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. London Review of International Law, . Article Number lrag005. ISSN 2050-6325. (doi:10.1093/lril/lrag005) (KAR id:108388)

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Abstract

This article explores Rosa Luxemburg’s theories in relation to present international legal discourses on the ban on conquest and its fragility. Towards this end, I centre the significance of the (partitioned) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a generative site for modern conceptualisations of ‘conquest’ and, relatedly, Luxemburg’s formative context of political engagement.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1093/lril/lrag005
Subjects: D History General and Old World
H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Utopias. Anarchism
J Political Science > JC Political theory
J Political Science > JX International law
K Law > KZ Law of Nations
Institutional Unit: Schools > Kent Law School
Former Institutional Unit:
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Eric Loefflad
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2025 15:59 UTC
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2026 14:06 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108388 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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