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JIRI VALENTA (Monterey, Calif., U.S.A.) Eurocommunism and Czechoslovakia* Eurocommunism of the 1970s and the pluralistic Communism of Czecho- slovakia of the late 1960s share some important similarities, and an exploration of the origins and development of Czechoslovak Communism may help to reveal the roots and the evolution of Eurocommunist ideas and tenets. In addition to the historical aspects of Czechoslovak Communism, I will discuss the mutual influence exerted by Eurocommunism and Czechoslovak Commu- nism upon each other in the 1960s and 1970s, and the consequences of this interaction. " A disquisition on Eurocommunism is not necessary at this point, as the subject has been discussed elsewhere by myself and by Vernon Aspaturian.1 Herein I shall use the term not to designate a concept or condition, but, in a somewhat more imprecise and ambiguous fashion, to describe a current trend in the international Communist movement. This trend can be loosely identified as movement toward an independent form of Communism that, unlike the Soviet, is pluralistic in nature. Despite the ambiguous confines of this tenden- cy, Eurocommunism emerges as something more than a myth or the "pseudo- phenomenon" some have labelled it.2 Indeed, such West European Commu- nist officials as
East Central Europe – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1980
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