Đilasism refers to the Yugoslav communist politics of the influence of Yugoslav communist

Milovan Đilas Milovan Djilas (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Милован Ђилас, Milovan Đilas, ; 12 June 1911 – 20 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well ...

. Đilasism started as a breakaway faction of

Titoism Titoism is a Types of socialism, socialist political philosophy most closely associated with Josip Broz Tito and refers to the ideology and policies of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) during the Cold War. It is characterized by a br ...

. Đilas rejected

Stalinism Stalinism (, ) is the Totalitarianism, totalitarian means of governing and Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953), 1927 to 1953 by dictator Jose ...

as inherently

totalitarian Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition from political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and completely controls the public sph ...

imperialist Imperialism is the maintaining and extending of power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power ( diplomatic power and cultural imperialism). Imperialism fo ...

and

state capitalist State capitalism is an economic system in which the state undertakes business and commercial economic activity and where the means of production are nationalized as state-owned enterprises (including the processes of capital accumulation, ce ...

. He was also highly critical of the

bureaucracy Bureaucracy ( ) is a system of organization where laws or regulatory authority are implemented by civil servants or non-elected officials (most of the time). Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments ...

, viewing bureaucrats as their own

social class A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of Dominance hierarchy, hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class and the Bourgeoisie, capitalist class. Membership of a social class can for exam ...

which enjoyed

social privilege Social privilege is an advantage or entitlement that benefits individuals belonging to certain groups, often to the detriment of others. Privileged groups can be advantaged based on social class, wealth, education, caste, age, height, skin col ...

and tended to use ideological repression for self-serving reasons. __NOTOC__

Theory

Đilasism arose as a break from

pursued by the Yugoslav government of

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

. 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. In Djilas's analysis of the USSR, he argued that the

Stalinist Stalinism (, ) is the totalitarian means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin and in Soviet satellite states between 1944 and 1953. Stalinism in ...

totalitarian state system is inherently

and

. 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 the

as the "privileged class", where the source of this

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.

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External links

The Djilas Case Archive
at

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Theory

Pejorative and repression

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