Soviet and Egyptian meanings of socialism diverged sharply

Evidence

It is obvious that the Egyptian understanding of “socialism,” in the context of their own ideology of Arab socialism, differed radically from the Soviet interpretation of the same term. Both meanings were advanced in the internal debate in Egypt, the one being called “Arab socialism,” the other, “scientific” socialism. At the present time, both countries would probably agree that socialism is neither Arab nor scientific. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 977

Categorization

• XREF: Feeds the Islam-West representation cluster: the single term ‘socialism’ splitting into rival local legitimations is a concrete instance of how contested political vocabularies travel and get re-territorialized. — connects to: The same word ‘socialism’ carried radically divergent ideological meanings in Cairo and Moscow; Marxism itself varies by the socio-economic system it reflects — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 27
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The same word ‘socialism’ carried radically divergent ideological meanings in Cairo and Moscow; Marxism itself varies by the socio-economic system it reflects — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 27