ABSTRACT
Interpreting one's own civilization has always been a touchstone of the success or failure of a particular intellectual vantage point. Radical ideology was so centered on self-criticism, inner-oriented critique, and the cult of collectivism generally, that the purification of sociology replaced the examination of society and that domination of a political science association became bigger game than restoration of the American political process. When the variables are parceled out, the sting of criticism is actually offered in modest proportions. For when questions hinge on the reform of the economy, changes in the polity, or an overhaul in the cultural apparatus, America and not Russia is seen as the logical place for such experimentations to occur. A terrible tentativeness haunts these critics of capitalism. Harrington has no doubt that "human life will be radically transformed" because "that future has already begun".
