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The debate on the role of the ideology on the determination of Soviet foreign policy has ranged from the views consigning the ideology to the realm of propaganda to the notion of a very direct relation between foreign policy decisions & specific points of Marxism-Leninism. While no rigid pattern can be established, the role of the ideology should not be underplayed. It gives the Soviet rulers a definite Weltanshauung & a degree of SE sophistication in their foreign policy dealings. From their own viewpoint the ideology has an almost: irrational connection to the preservation of their power. An examination of Soviet policy in the satellites between 1953-1958 shows how closely the considerations of power & ideology are interconnected & how tactical flexibility is still tempered by ideological considerations. While internally Marxism in Russia is less & less relevant to the problems of a modern industrial society, its foreign successes & influence become of increasing importance to the preservation of Communism in the USSR. Thus the task of `proving' their ideology is felt by the rulers to lie more & more in the foreign sphere. AA-IPSA.

Marxism has been the most pervasive and widespread ideological phenomenon of our times, but seldom, if ever, has it been found in its form. Whenever the Marxist ideology has been historically significant, it has been so as a beneficiary and associate of another set of political beliefs and passions. As a contender for power it seeks to express the dreams and yearnings of societies caught in the painful process of modernization and industrialization. In power it tends to pay lip service to its lofty goals, but associates them with old-fashioned nationalism. Practice does not reflect theory. Ruling elites and parties surpass traditional capitalism in their dedication to political centralization and industrialism at all costs. This revised edition of Adam Ulam's standard work retains the author's summary and critique of Marx's historical, economic, and political arguments. Ulam then examines the relationship of Marxism to other schools of contemporary socialism and to other radical and revolutionary theories. He traces the development of Marxian thought, explains why it has been the potent force in certain societies-while in other societies its influence has been insignificant-and analyzes how Marxism and Leninism have affected the shaping of Russian Communism. Finally Ulam looks at Marxism in the future: the role it will play in the development of the Soviet Union, and how it will affect the contemporary crisis of liberal institutions in the West.

Untersuchung der Umsetzung der theoretischen Vorgaben der Thesen von Marx und Engels in der historischen Entwicklung sozialistischer und kommunistischer Tendenzen und Organisationen. Auseinandersetzung mit Chancen, Problemen und Gefahren der Entwicklung in England und Kontinentaleuropa. Kritische Betrachtung des sowjetischen Systems. (BIOst-Klk)