ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1979, is a representative sample of some of the best articles that have appeared in DISSENT, the American democratic socialist quarterly. They provide a two-sided view of political and social action with the democratic society of the USA.

part 1|2 pages

Visions of The Future

chapter |19 pages

Three Economic Models

Capitalism, The Welfare State, and Socialism (1964)

chapter |23 pages

Socialism and Liberalism

Articles of Conciliation? (1977)

part 2|2 pages

America in Turmoil

chapter |24 pages

The Counterculture

Tranquilizer or Revolutionary Ideology? (1971)

chapter |22 pages

Ghosts of Vietnam (1979)

part 3|2 pages

Ideas on Politics and Culture

chapter |13 pages

Marxism

Criticism and/or Action (1956)

chapter |19 pages

Pure Tolerance (1966)

chapter |14 pages

Requiem for Utopia

Socialist Reflections on Czechoslovakia (1969)

chapter |17 pages

In Defense of Equality (1973)

chapter |12 pages

Twilight of Revolution (1974)

chapter |36 pages

“All That Is Solid Melts into Air”

Marx, Modernism, and Modernization (1978)

part 4|2 pages

Short Subjects