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a really unexpected, somehow miraculous optimism: not only did the
quite saintly Kafka exist, but he was a friend of Janouch's, an excel–
lent friend , and
Conversations With Kafka
is the means by which we
learn of that friendship and extend our own faith in the possibilities
of human contact, the leap of faith between two people, the thle
cOIIIlIIlunication of souls.
Joyce Carol Oates
Michael
Harrington,
America's foremost socialist,
surveys, chronicles, and
explains the movement
In these pages. he ex–
plores socialist history
from pre-19th-century vi–
s;ons of Utopia to the various " so·
cialisms" abroad today: "revolution
from above," " socialist capitalism,"
" military soc ialism," "substitute
proletariats" - even the " invisible"
American mass movement. And con–
cludes with a clear and forceful
demonstration of the relevance of
socialism to our time with his pro–
gram for a new history through
socialism.
" His book achieves a rare mastery
of theory, history, and contemporary
social problems."
-THEODORE DRAPER
"I strongly recommend it to anyone
who doubts that politically active so–
cialists can relate their policies to
theories."
-SEYMOUR MAIITIN
UPSET
"Everyone owes himself a week
with SOCIALISM. It is informed and
well-written and invites interest as
well as belief."
-JOItN KENNETH QALaIlAITH
SOCIALISM
by MICHAEL HARRINGTON. author of The
Other
America
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