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Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf Info

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The Price of Heresy

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The central argument of The New Class is that Communist revolutions, though conducted in the name of abolishing classes, inadvertently created a . The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf

Strengths of the Book

Djilas was critical of the Soviet-type socialist system, arguing that it had failed to create a truly egalitarian society. Instead, he claimed that the system had given rise to a new form of exploitation, in which the New Class exploited the working class and the peasantry. You're looking for content related to "Milovan Djilas

: Detailed research on Djilas’s transition from a high-ranking Yugoslav official to a prominent dissident is documented in this Doctoral Thesis from the University of East Anglia Chapter Summaries Critics of Djilas (mostly Trotskyists and orthodox Marxists)

  1. Collective Ownership: The "New Class" (the Party nomenklatura) does not own property individually, but they control it collectively. They enjoy the privileges of wealth (luxury housing, special stores, travel, power) without the legal title of ownership.
  2. Monopoly on Power: The class maintains its power through ideological monopoly. Anyone who questions the Party is not just a political opponent but a heretic.
  3. The Myth of the Proletariat: Đilas argues that the working class (the proletariat) has no actual power in these systems. They have simply traded the capitalist boss for the bureaucratic boss, who is often more oppressive because they control not just the economy, but the spirit and thought of the people.

Critics of Djilas (mostly Trotskyists and orthodox Marxists) argued that his thesis was a "pamphlet of betrayal"—a disgruntled ex-communist justifying his split. They claimed that the bureaucracy was a "degenerated workers state" that could be reformed, not a permanent new class.