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Liberal orientation |
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In the succession line to the Westernizers |
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Essays
Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom
(1968);
My Country and the World
(1975) |
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He believed in the “convergence” of socialism and capitalism |
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Eventually the two social systems would come together by retaining
advantages of each and overcoming deficiencies |
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The West would guarantee wide social provisions, while the socialist
system would become thoroughly democratised |
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The integration of the communist and capitalist systems would take
the form of “democratic socialism” |
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Emphasis on emulating the democratic system and technological
achievements of the West |
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Sakharov’s ideas foreshadowed many of the perestroika slogans |
