Life in the retort and soon thereafter

ENIn Lithuania and in some other countries of East Europe today the entire perspective of social thought is undergoing profound change from a retrospective to a prospective view. Social projects for the future are urgently needed and actively discussed in all these countries. But before a project for the future can be proposed responsibly we must first analyze the context of actual thought about society, because this context influences the content of the social project and determines the nature of the social planning itself. One of the most fundamental factors forming the consciousness of post-totalitarian society is Marxist-Leninist philosophy whose influence is felt on two levels: as a monopolistic ideology of the state and as a constitutive principle of the society itself.