1st Edition

Marxism In The Contemporary West

By Charles F. Elliott Copyright 1980
    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines Marxism and the activities of European and Latin American communist parties in the broad context of contemporary Western politics. It addresses important philosophical and moral questions deriving from the clash of Western and Marxist values.

    1. Marxism in the Contemporary West 2. Marxism in Latin America 3. The Four Faces of Eurocommunism 4. The PCI, Leninism, and Democratic Politics in Italy 5. Ideology and Organization in the Spanish Communist Party 6. "Les Nouveaux Philosophes" and Marxism 7. Freedom, Marxism, and Modern Man: Solzhenitsyn's Moral Critique

    Biography

    Charles F. Elliott is associate professor of political science and international affairs and chairman of the Soviet and East European Studies Program at George Washington University. Carl A. Linden is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.