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Word: hielscher (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Labor Party and Germany's Social Democrats. Once, both European parties exerted little appeal to anyone but blue-collar workers. Eventually, both discarded doctrinaire Marxism and set out to build national followings. The main characteristic of Japan's Socialists, however, is what West German Socialist Scholar Gebhard Hielscher calls an "almost hysterical emphasis on retaining theoretical purity." Adds Hielscher: "Ordinary people simply aren't interested in such performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Socialism on the Ropes | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

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