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In Search of a Political Philosophy is an analysis of the three democratic `isms' - conservatism, liberalism and socialism - and of the distinct nature of the all-devouring ideology - Marxist communism. The author is concerned with the conscious and unconscious assumptions of the proponents and followers of each ideology, and those of their theoreticians and critics.

This is an attempt to identify the cause of the most significant soc changes of the 'institutional revolution' occurring in post-war Poland. It is especially concerned with changes which have contributed to the integration of the soc system with econ developments. The basis for a new soc pattern in post-war Poland was established by the new geographical boundaries, by the agrarian reform & by the rapid industrialization following the nationalization of basic industries imposed by the Communist gov in the last decade. Econ policy has been repeatedly used as a tool for soc revolution. As a result a regrouping of SC's has taken place: the number of peasants needed in collectives has been smaller, but, as a natural consequence of the larger number of industrial establishments, the body of workers has increased. The policy has created problems of its own. One of these is the increased soc & econ differentiation between the classes & within the body of the proletariat, another concerns the intelligentsia. It is intended for ultimate extinction & is to be replaced by the new intelligentsia of the people. There is, therefore, fludity between classes: but this can last only as long as change proceeds, from the old to the new intelligentsia, IPSA.