# Baha'i Faith and Marxism: Proceedings of a Conference held January 1986

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> Published in The Bahá'í Faith and Marxism (Ottawa:
> Bahá'í Studies Publications, 1987)
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> Scanned and formatted by Jonah
> Winters
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> Published by the Association for Bahá'í Studies
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>  Bahá'í Studies Publications, Ottawa,
> Canada© 1987
> by the Association for Bahá'í Studies Reprinted
> 1988. Printed in Canada
> ISBN 0-920904-18-1
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> Contents
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> FOREWORD..............................................vii
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> INTRODUCTION...........................................ix
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> MARXISM, HUMAN NATURE, AND SOCIETY......................1
> Laurie E. Adkin
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> THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION....................9
> Farzam Arbab
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> STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE..............21
> Howard Buchbinder
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> HUMAN NATURE AND HUMAN SOCIETY:
> A BAHA'I VIEWPOINT.....................................27
> William S. Hatcher
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> A JUST SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT:
> THE THIRD DIMENSION TO WORLD PEACE.....................35
> John Huddleston
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> MARXISM YESTERDAY AND TODAY............................43 
> Colin Leys      
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> BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.....................................51
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> — *Baha'i Faith and Marxism: Proceedings of a Conference held January 1986 (Used by permission of the curator)*