Western Marxism
In his later years, Ivașcu profited from liberalization and, as editor of "Contemporanul", "Lumea", and "România Literară", allowed nonconformist talents to express themselves with confidence, while he himself oscillated between national communism and Western Marxism. His tolerance of dissent irritated the regime, and Ivașcu was pushed back into accepting and even promoting communist censorship during the final two decades of his life.