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Rozważny i romantyczny? Wizje socjalizmu w dziennikach Ernesto Che Guevary i Mieczysława Rakowskiego

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The aim of this article is to analyze two visions of socialism, one - revolutionary (epitomized by the Ernesto Che Guevara), second - reformist (epitomized by the Polish journalist and politician Mieczysław F. Rakowski). Paper contains four chapters. Firstly, author compares both persons to main characters of the famous Cervantes book, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Second part is focused on the key ways of fighting - armed resistance to capitalism in the case of Che and peaceful work within ‘real socialism’ in the case of Rakowski. Then article describes Che’s and Rakowski’s relationships with empires and imperialisms, not only capitalist - like the United States, but also socialist - Soviet Union. Last chapter is devoted to the characters of the both socialist - radical socialist Guevara and pragmatist socialist Rakowski.