Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Adam Michnik -- The struggle over the content of the "superstructure" -- The situation in polish philosophy after World War II -- The common trait of the Marxist critics -- Polemic with Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz -- Against Tadeusz Kotarbiński -- Assessment of the philosophy of Roman Ingarden -- The history of philosophy / Władysław Tatarkiewicz -- The highways and byways of Marxism from a polish perspective -- On the essence of Marxist philosophy -- Alienated labor -- exploitation of labor -- The dispute about alienation -- Concerning the dispute about the essence of human beings -- Problems of the base and superstructure -- historical determinism -- Dispute with Christian thought and attempts at dialogue -- Polish shape of dialogue -- In the circle of ethical problems -- Personalism and Marxism -- The dispute about principles of dialectical materialism -- The dialogue of threefold involvement -- Aspects of Leszek Kołakowski's thought -- Attempts at testimony -- On behalf of the lay left.…”

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Rediscovery of the old content of Marxism -- The Marxist concept of the individual -- The individual and his products (the problem of alienation) -- The individual and history (the problem of freedom) -- Marxist humanism -- Communism and the individual -- Conclusion.…”