Abstract: Studies of socialism abroad since 1990s has, to a great extent, revolved around social upheavals in Soviet Union and East European countries, and issues of socialist theories as well. This wave of theoretical researches has given birth to various schools, differen findings and many trends. Generally speaking, these researches cover the following areas: gain and loss of socialism in Soviet Union and East Europe; relation between socialism and market economy; relation between development of capitalism and socialism; relation between Marxism and socialism, and the future of socialism. The author holds that the main stream of these researches is beneficial to Marxism and socialist movement. However, we should not neglect the negative elements in these researches which will bring about harmful effect. They are tendencies of the extreme right-wing, the theory of taxis, democratic socialism, and the extreme left-wing as well.

摘要： 本文认为:90年代以来国外社会主义研究出现了多流派、多成果、多趋向的特点,并在很大程度上是围绕苏东剧变与社会主义理论问题而展开的;研究内容主要集中在五个方面,即苏东社会主义得失、社会主义与市场经济的关系、资本主义发展与社会主义的关系、马克思主义与社会主义的关系以及社会主义的前途问题;这些研究的主流是好的,对马克思主义、社会主义运动是有益的,但也不容忽视其极右的、趋同论的、民主社会主义化的、极左的等倾向的危害性。