On Class Relationships in Yugoslavia 1945–1974, with a Hypothesis about the Ruling Class

Darko Suvin

Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2012, vol. 20, issue 1, 37-71

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.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/0965156X.2012.747473

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