Dinko Antun Tomašić (1902–1975) was a

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n sociologist and

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. He was born in Smokvica on the island of

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in Croatia. He studied law at the

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and the

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and taught in Zagreb. After his immigration to the United States ca. 1943, he became a member of the faculty at

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. He also worked for the

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and for

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. Tomašić was the author of numerous publications on various aspects of the sociology of

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Works

*"The Impact of Russian Culture on Soviet Communism" Glencoe: Free Press, 1953, *"Personality and Culture in Eastern European Politics" MIT Press, 1948, *"An account on the reactions of a Serb village community in Croatia to recent social and ideological innovations" Institute of East European Studies, Indiana University, 1950, ASIN: B0006CZOFI *"The problem of unity of world communism" Marquette University, Slavic Institute, 1962, ASIN: B0006BT9Q4

External links

Cross-examination of Stjepan G. Meštrović
- Cross-examination of Stjepan G. Meštrović at the International Criminal Trial for the former Yugoslavia discusses in part the work of Dinko Tomašić

- Descriptions of some scholarly works about Tomašić.

An essay including analysis of Tomašić's "Personality and Culture in Eastern European Politics" * A "cultural interpretation of the collapse of Communism in the former Yugoslavia" that frequently cites the work of Dinko Tomašić. 1902 births 1975 deaths Croatian sociologists Indiana University faculty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty people Yugoslav emigrants to the United States Yugoslav expatriates in France {{Europe-sociologist-stub