On the face of it there are more contrasts than resemblances between, for example, the brand of empirical and then linguistic philosophy which has predominated in England in recent decades, the existentialist thought which has led the way in western Europe, and the critical reflection on human history and society on a broadly Marxist basis which has naturally held sway in communist countries, but more recently come more to the fore in the west as well.
Encountering there are more contrasts than resemblances between, for example, the brand of empirical and then linguistic philosophy which has predominated in England in recent decades, the existentialist thought which has led the way in western Europe, and the critical reflection on human history and society on a broadly Marxist basis which has naturally held sway in communist countries, but more recently come more to the fore in the west as well.