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the ‘thirdway’ to socialism 245 inistic conceptionofhistorywasat itsmostpronounced,more so than inhis other theories.Here,heviewedall relations–social andespeciallypolitical– as subordinated toeconomics. Fromthis, he concluded that transformations in theeconomic structureof society inevitabilitypredeterminepoliticalphe- nomena,whichcanallbepredicted.177Hisconclusionhadlittletodowiththe reality intheSovietUnion. 177 For Leser and Löw, this understanding of historywas the greatestweakness of Bauer’s concept. SeeLeser 1968,p. 126; compareLöw1980,p. 279.With respect toBolshevism, I agreewiththeir judgement.