The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist SystemThe New Class created a sensation when it was published in the United States in 1957, because it was the first time that a ranking Communist had publicly analyzed his disillusionment with the system. Djilas, a former associate of Tito's who had traveled from the lowest to the highest rung of the hierarchical ladder and who was imprisoned for his views, had found himself increasingly estranged from contemporary Communism and attracted to the idea of democratic socialism. Here, however, he puts aside the story of his personal evolution to write a detached, lucid, courageous critique of the Communist system: its roots, the character of its revolutions, the rise of its powerful political bureaucracy --"the new class"-- in what was intended to be a classless society, its one-party state, its economic policies, and its tyranny over minds. Finally, Djilas examines the essence of the conflict between the U.S.S.R. and the West that continues to this day. In the present atmosphere of intensifying confrontation, The New Class is more significant than ever. |
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An Analysis of the Communist System Milovan Djilas. ment , was natural for the party then . Later , with the develop- ment of the revolution and with the organizational changes in the developed countries , it became just as essential for ...
An Analysis of the Communist System Milovan Djilas. ment , was natural for the party then . Later , with the develop- ment of the revolution and with the organizational changes in the developed countries , it became just as essential for ...
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... ment and proud chivalry . The new class also has advantages over other classes . Because it is more compact it is better prepared for greater sacrifices and heroic exploits . The individual is completely and totally subordinated to the ...
... ment and proud chivalry . The new class also has advantages over other classes . Because it is more compact it is better prepared for greater sacrifices and heroic exploits . The individual is completely and totally subordinated to the ...
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... ment both administers and distributes national property . The new class , or its executive organ - the party oligarchy - both acts as the owner and is the owner . The most reactionary and bourgeois government can hardly dream of such a ...
... ment both administers and distributes national property . The new class , or its executive organ - the party oligarchy - both acts as the owner and is the owner . The most reactionary and bourgeois government can hardly dream of such a ...
Contents
Origins | 1 |
Character of the Revolution | 15 |
The New Class | 37 |
Copyright | |
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