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Examines the process of detotalitarianism and how its implementation initially undermined opposition to the United Workers' Party. But the reform communists greatly overestimated their chances of survival in an electoral system. Only part of the party joined its replacement, Social Democracy of the Republic (SdRP). (SJK)

THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF THE SITUATION IN THE SOVIET UNION AS PERCEIVED BY THE AUTHOR IN TWO VISITS, IN MARCH-APRIL 1991 AND SEPTEMBER 1991. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY ELEMENTS OF CONTINUITY AS WELL AS CHANGE IN THE TRANSITION TO POSTCOMMUNISM, AND TO ASSESS BOTH WHAT LED TO THE ATTEMPTED COUP AND ITS DEFEAT AND FACTORS BEARING ON THE POSTCOMMUNIST FUTURE. HE CONCLUDES THAT HELPING RUSSIA RETURN TO EUROPE WOULD HELP THE WORLD AS A WHOLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL.

An examination of the ideological development of Karl Marx's philosophy of freedom. Marx was a critic of the liberal definition of freedom -- ie, independence of the arbitrary will of others. In his own philosophical conception, stressing collectiveness & positivity over individuality & negativity, Marx viewed freedom as a process of liberating people from the domination of things. His notion of freedom is vital to understanding his philosophy of history because freedom allowed transcultural appraisals, which are the only means for measuring historical progress between differing social systems. R. Logsdon