Table of Contents

1. Marx as philosopher of freedom 2. Engels and 'scientific socialism' 3. Variants of 'necessitarian' Marxism 4. Leninism: from 'scientific socialism' to totalitarian communism 5. From totalitarian communism to communist totalitarianism 6. The dismantling of Stalinism: detotalitarianism Notes Index of names.

About the Author

Andrzej Walicki is O'Neill Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews

"Walicki makes a significant contribution to debates over reasons for the collapse of international communism. A book of such monumental scope will arouse controversies among Marxologists, but this book is an intellectual tour de force, rarely equaled in studies of Marxism." - R.J. Mitchell, University of New Orleans "This book is a product of mature scholarship which serves to confirm anew Walicki's skill as an intellectual historian and his gift for the felicitous expression of his ideas. It is to be recommended to anyone seeking to go beyond a basic introduction to Marxist thought, and it may offer fresh insight to those already familiar with the sources reviewed by Walicki." - The Russian Review "It is impossible to describe the intelligence, precision, nuance, and sophistication of Walicki's exposition and argument in a brief review. The author is consistently forceful without being crude, and he maintains a high intellectual level while dealing with extremely controversial and even inflammatory subjects. indeed, the book is also an important work of historiography, because it discusses, often at length, and in an incisive manner, much literature in the fields of Marxism and Soviet studies... In sum, Walicki has written another major and masterful book." - Slavic and East European Journal