Eight essays connected by various common strands. The most important one is the community of the main subject-matter: socialism, capitalism, democracy, change of system. These four expressions cover four phenomena of great and comprehensive importance. Each piece in the book deals with these and...

Introduction -- Foundation -- Empire -- Second foundation -- Tricontinental -- Renewal And dispersal -- Beyond Marxism? -- Unexplored territories -- Hidden abode -- Marxism in an age of catastrophe -- Afterword.