An Analysis Of The Communist System by Milovan Djilas

Anatomy of a Moral Revolution

The book provides a critical examination of the communist system from an insider's perspective. The author, a former high-ranking official in a communist government, offers a detailed critique of the system's theoretical and practical shortcomings. He discusses the inherent contradictions between the ideology's promises of equality and the reality of a new class of bureaucratic elites that emerge to control the state apparatus. The work delves into the mechanisms of party control, the suppression of individual freedoms, and the economic inefficiencies that plagued communist states, ultimately questioning the sustainability and moral legitimacy of the system itself.

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Published
1957
Nationality
Serbian
Length
Short
Pages
200-250
Original Language
Serbo-croatian
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