Đilasism refers to the Yugoslav communist politics of the influence of Yugoslav communist
Milovan Đilas.
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Theory
Đilasism arose as a break from
Titoism
Titoism is a political philosophy most closely associated with Josip Broz Tito during the Cold War. It is characterized by a broad Yugoslav identity, workers' self-management, a political separation from the Soviet Union, and leadership in th ...
pursued by the Yugoslav government of
Josip Broz Tito. Đilas published articles in in 1950, collectively titled ("Modern topics"), expressing his ideas on the socialist path of Yugoslavia and his criticisms of the Soviet Union. Some within the leadership of the
SKJ viewed these articles as "heresies". Several members of the
Central Committee of the SKJ were in agreement with Đilas' ideas, and during later political investigations one even confessed that he had "written an article propagating Djilasism." Đilas criticised bureaucracy as the "privileged class", where the source of this privilege came from its absolutism and it would use ideological repression to preserve this privilege. He also believed that the party and state should be separate entities, and along with
Edvard Kardelj
Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...
, that in time political opposition would be allowed as the
state and the party withered away.
Pejorative and repression
The word was often used as pejorative, including by Tito, while Đilas himself personally denied that such an ideology existed.
Several publications were suppressed and journalists arrested on the grounds that they were "Đilasist". These included the magazines
''Beseda'' edited by
Ivan Minatti, and ''
Revija 57'' edited by
Veljko Rus.
See also
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New class
New class is used as a polemic term by critics of countries that followed the Soviet-type Communism to describe the privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist party functionaries which arose in these states. Generally, the group known ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
The Djilas Case Archiveat
Marxists Internet Archive
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Democratic socialism
Eponymous political ideologies
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Types of socialism
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