Citation

Suvin D. Debatte 2012; 20(1): 37-71.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012)

DOI

10.1080/0965156X.2012.747473

PMID

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Abstract

The essay is divided into an "Introduction to the Concept of Class," "Data and Categorizing Classes in Yugoslavia 1945-75" which treats of the working or lower classes, an approach to the ruling class, the "middle classes," and women, and ends with "A Hypothesis: The Involution of the Ruling Class." In the wake of Marx it concludes that a ruling class existed but was for ca. 20 years a class in statu nascendi. It concludes with "An Excursus on Classophobia," analyzing writings by Kardelj, and a hypothesis on "Two Yugoslav Singularities." The first or splendid plebeian singularity was the double liberatory course of the 1941-45 partizan insurrection and of the postwar attempt at a socialist democracy. The second or miserable singularity was the stasis and then the suicide of the ruling partitocracy. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Language: en

Keywords

Yugoslavia; class analysis; ruling class; singularities