Socialist Register 1964 Preface

Abstract

The Socialist Register, 1964 is intended as the first of a series of annual volumes of socialist analysis and discussion. The need for such analysis is a constant one, and we believe that the possibility of fruitful discussion is now greater than for a long time past. It is now better realized among socialists that dogmatic reiteration cannot, any more than crass empiricism, provide answers to the problems of the present. We hope that The Socialist Register may help to further this awareness. We bring to this venture a definite and committed point of view, and this bears a direct relationship, not only to what we write ourselves, but also to our choice of contributors. At the same time, we have no wish to imprison discussion within a narrow framework. We therefore propose to present a wide range of ideas and arguments, and it should not be thought that we necessarily share the views of any particular contributor.