Államkapitalizmus, államszocializmus – egy vita margójára
State Capitalism, State Socialism – Considerations on a Debate

Summary/Abstract: This text concerns itself with two influential Marxist interpretations of actually existing socialism – the thesis of state capitalism, and that of state socialism – mainly from the perspective of the philosophy of history, with special heed given to the problem of periodization. I tried to show that the two theses have theoretical commitments that are improbable to be reconciled – these commitments are then connected to the distinction between esoteric and exoteric Marxism. In a brief detour I consider a third option: the thesis of the syncretic society, in the end arguing for the irreducibility of theoretical choice.

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