“Praxis: Marxist Criticism and Dissent in Socialist Yugoslavia”
alienation concept: 21–22,32,67, 130, 139–40, 299n.41; explained, 70–74, 80; political, 110–12, 126–27; a tool of social analysis, 129, 132; in Stalinist society, 130–32
automation, 305n.20
Avineri, Shlomo, 295n. 117
Axelos, Kostas, 53
Ayer, A. J” 53
Babić, Ivan, 39
Baće, Makso, 42
Bakarić, Vladimir, 206–7
Bakunin, Mikhail, 133, 307n.27
Balbus, Isaac D., 299n.43
banks, 176
Baumann, Zygmunt, 53, 212
Belgrade Eight, 226–32, 237, 239
Belgrade University, 223–24, 226–32
Bernstein, Eduard, 62
Birnbaum, Norman, 53
Bled Conference, 1960, 32–37, 27gn.6o, 28on.69
Bloch, Ernst, 53, 55, 65, 74, 79, 80, 126, 189, 289n.13, 290n.58
Bonauld, de, 97, 123
Bottomore, Thomas, 53
Bošnjak, Branko, 52, 106, 217, 237–38
Brioni Plenum, 1966, 206, 207, 302n.76
Brombert, Victor, 204, 269
Bukharin, Nikolai I., 133
bureaucracy: 7–8, 91, 113, 115, 140, 300n.52; genesis of, 9, 135–36; and charismatic leaders, 135, 147, 148–49, 150; and workers' groups, 153, 154; Yugoslav, 154, 164, 167, 204, 265–66
Čaldarović, Mladen, 212
Calvez, Jean Y., 60
capitalism, 8, 166
Chalidze, Valeii N., 249
charismatic leaders, 135, 147–50, 300n.50, 303n.82
Chesnokov, D. I., 294n.103
class consciousness, 63
class divisions, 8, 139, 141–42, 144–45, 182, 184, 30m.69, 312n.76
closed society, 187–88ff
cognition, 93, 292n.87
collective ownership, 143–44
Cominform break, 1948, 4–5, 69
commodity fetishism, 63–64, 70, 129
communist party, 134
Communist Party of Yugoslavia, xv, 4–5, 10–11, 13, 39, 145–46, 302n.77 ; see also League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Communist Party USSR: 8–9, 132–33ff; Tenth Party Congress, 1921, 135, 137, 153; Thirteenth Party Congress, 1924, 138
community, principle of, 116–19, 120, 132
computers, 259
Comte, Auguste, 97
Čosić, Dobrica, 238, 239
crisis leadership, 303n.83
criticism: 192, 204; goal of Praxis, xii, 56–58, 60, 197–98, 252, 258, 324n.27, 325n.44; Marx's view, xii, 57, 58; LCY view, 3, 30, 43–44; and philosophy, 57–61, 105; and intelligentsia, 245–46, 249
Croatia, 179, 180
Croatian nationalism, 181–82, 183, 185, 219–20, 225, 28on.69, 31on.61, 311n.75, 313n.7
Croatian Philosophical Society, 32, 45, 205, 208, 284n.101
Cvjetičanin, Veljko, 284n.99
Czechoslavakia, 188, 190
Dabčević-Kučar, Savka, 198, 219, 220, 313n.7
Dahl, Robert, 298n.24
Daniels, Robert, 138
Debenjak, Božidar, 279n.60
De Bonauld, 97, 123
Deborin, Abram M., 20
decentralization, 164–65, 307n.27
Dedijer, Vladimir, 5
De Maistre, Joseph, 97, 123
democratic centralism, 39–40, 43
dialectic, 89, 99
dialectic, Hegelian, 3, 60, 65, 87–88
dialectical materialism, 16, 18, 30, 33–34. 89, 92–99, 243. 276n.33
dialectic of dissent, xiii, xvii
diamat; see dialectical materialism Dijalektiha [periodical], 37, 28on.69
Djilas, Milovan: 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 27–28, 29. 142, 257, 275n.18, 276n.33
Djodan, Sime, 3 10n.61
Djurić, Mihailo, 216–17, 223–24, 227, 318n.59
Dobson, Richard B., 245–46, 249
Dolanc, Stane, 229–30
Dunn, William J., 256, 304
Dutschke, Rudi, 124
economic planning, 168–70
economic reforms, 1965, 167–68, 170, 175-77
economism, 171
efficiency as a goal, 247–48
egalitarianism, 162, 306n.24
Eighth Party Congress, 1964, 39–40, 41–44
elite, 134, 300n.50
elite theory, 121–23, 139
Engels, Friedrich, 34, 89–93, 290n.42, 292n.81, 292n.83, 292n.90
existentialism, 21, 60, 66, 73–74
fascism, 139
Fejtö, François, 206–7, 247
Feuerbach, Ludwig A., 59, 76
Filipović, Vladimir, 53
Filosofija [periodical], 37–38, 284n.101
Franck, Jozef, 25
Fromm, Erich, 53
Gay, Peter, 255
Giachetti, Romano, 63
Goldmann, Lucien, 53, 215
Gomulka, Wladyslaw, 168
Gorky, Maksim, 238
Gorz, André, 53
Gramsci, Antonio, 62, 63, 106, 128, 196, 258, 286n.11, 311n.73
Grlić, Danko: 52, 66, 83, 254, 265, 323n.22; on Marxism, 56, 68; and Nietzsche, 82–83, 291n.60; on praxis, 81–82, 84; on nationalism, 184–85, 311n.73, 311n.76
group ownership, 165–66, 307n.31
Habermas, Durgen, 53
Hegel, Georg W. F.: 103; and Marx, 30, 32, 59, 60, 65, 80, 88, 100, 114–15, 286n.11; and Stalinism, 65, 86–87, 132
Hegelian dialectic, 30, 60, 65, 87–88
hegemonism, 7, 274n.14
Heidegger, Martin, 66, 74, 286n.14
Heller, Agnes, 53, 190
historical materialism, 16, 96
history, 77
Hobbes, Thomas, 121–22, 165
Hoffman, George W., 4–5, 13
Hoffman, Stanley, 303n.83
human nature, 75–76, 288n.37
humanism of Marx, 18, 20–21,32,67, 88
idealism, 64–65
ideology, 58, 196
imperialism, 7, 275n.14
Indjić, Trivo, 218, 225, 226, 231
institutions and alienation, 125–27, 131
intelligentsia: xiv, 14–15, 244–45ff, 266, 267–68, 323n.18; humanist, 43, 248–52
Ivanova, V. M., 98–99
Ivanović, Dragiša, 278n.48
Jakšić, Božidar, 218, 227, 302n.76
Jeremić, Dragan, 33
Johnson, A. Ross, 6
Jordan, Z. A., 294n.98
journals: 27–28, 37–39, 51, 199, 235, 280n.69, 281n.72, 282n.87, 320n.78; and dissent, xiv-xvi, 23, 234, 247,273n.8; see also Dijalektica; Filosofija; Nose Teme; Nava Misao; Perspehtive; Pogledi; Praxis
Kangrga, Milan: 52, 55, 66, 206; on theory of reflection, 33–34, 292n.83; on alienation, 71, 80–81; on praxis, 79–81, 290n.58; on new middle class, 175–76, 219, 310n.64; on nationalism, 182, 219; on self-management, 191–92; on criticism, 192, 198; on science, 287n.17; on human nature, 289n.37
Kardelj, Edvard: 28, 313n.11; critique of Soviet Union, 6–8, 18, 278n.15, 304n.6; on class society, 139, 144; criticized Praxis, 199–2ooff; on criticism, 200, 201, 202; on the League of Communists, 232–34
Kavčić, Stane, 226
Kermauner, Taras, 24, 30
Kolakowski, Leszek, xii, 53, 212, 266, 296n.125
Kollantai, Aleksandra, 153, 275n.18
Korać, Veljko, 53, 66, 217, 287n.17
Korčula Summer School, 38, 54–55, 157, 189-go, 196, 215–16, 221, 284n.103
Korsch, Karl, 62, 63, 65
Kosanovič, Ilija, 278n.54
Kosik, Karel, 53, 55, 112–13
Krešić, Andrija: 36, 53, 127; on Stalinism, 132, 135–37, 139- 147. 300n.53
Krleža, Miroslav, xv, 23–24, 28
Kurtović, Todo, 320n.73
Kuusinen, O., 294n.101
Kuvacić, Ivan, 161, 178, 188–89, 237 284n.99, 305n.20
Landshut, Siegfried, 60
leader, cult of the, 147–50, 303n.82, 303n.83
League of Communists of Croatia, 181, 198–99, 206, 212, 220, 222, 224, 313n.15
League of Communists of Serbia, 225–27
League of Communists of Yugoslavia: 176, 210, 320n.73, 320n.78; view of criticism, 3, 30; role, 11–13, 232–33; and democratic centralism, 39–43; campaign against Praxis, 199–2ooff, 204, 206–7; and Belgrade professors, 212–14, 222, 226–32; Party Congress, 6th, 1952, 11–12, 17, 31; 7th, 1958, 3, 6, 12, 31; 8th, 1964, 39–40,41–44; 10th, 1974, 229–30, 320n,73
Le Bon, Gustave, 123 Lefebvre, Henri, 53, 55, 109, 296n.125
Leković, Dragutin, 299n.41 Lenin, V. L: 6, 62, 252, 259, 286n.11; on reflection theory, 93–94, 293n.94; and growth of bureaucracy, 133, 135, 300n.52; and Workers' Opposition, 153, 300n.51
Levi, Albert W., 68, 297n.5
Lipsit, Seymour M., 245–46, 249
Lisinski, Hrvoje, 311n.76
Ljubljana Congress, 1952, 23–24
Ljubljana Program, 1958, 6, 12
Lukács, Georg, 53, 55, 62, 63–65, 84, 89–90, 258
Lukić, Radomir, 172
Luxemburg, Rosa, 62, 258
Maguire, Robert, xiv, 51
Maistre, Joseph de, 97, 123
Malia, Martin, xiv
Mallet, Serge, 53, 55
man as a political animal, 119
man-man relationship, 75, 289n.38
man-nature relationship, 75–77, 89–90, 289n.38, 290n.44
Mann, Thomas, 242
Mannheim, Karl, 252
Marcuse, Herbert, 53, 55, 189
Marin, Ante, 208
market system, 168, 170–71ff
Marković, Mihailo: 16–17, 36, 41, 44, 53, 55, 191,278n.48; critique of Soviet Marxism, 18–19, 20; on theory of reflection, 33–34; on intelligentsia, 42–43; on praxis, 73; on man- nature relation, 90–91,99; on man's relation to the world, 99; on philosophy, 102–3; on politics, 110; on revolution, 128, 188; on the elite, 134, 300n.50; on Soviet class society, 141, 147; on Stalin, 147; on self-management, 157, 159–60, 164, 259–60; on economic planning, 169–70; on market system, 171, 173—74; on statism, 183; on criticism, 197–98; harassment of, 225–27, 231–32; on new society, 270; on science, 286n.17
Marković, Svetozar, xiv
Marx, Karl: 6, 22, 32; on criticism, xii, 56, 57; humanism of, 18, 20–21,32, 67, 88; early works of, 18, 68–69; influence of Hegel on, 30, 32, 60, 65, 87–88, 286m 11; on ideology, 58; on alienation, 70–71, 74; on man as species-being, 74, 85–86; on human nature, 75–76, 288n.37; on man and nature, 75–77, 289n.38, 290n.44; on history, 77; on praxis, 78, 79, 88; on cognition, 93, 292n.87; on philosophy, 100–1, 104, 194; on politics, 110–11, 114–15, 119–20; on socialism, 111, 295n.117; on bureaucracy, 115; on production, 116–17, 2g7n.1o, 305n.20; on civil society, 116–17,118, 120; on community, 116–19; on human freedom, 120; on representation, 120–21; on political aspects of economic relations, 122; on property, 130, 141; on classes of society, 141; on self-management, 151, 152; on the Paris Commune, 152; on nationalism, 178; on man's existence, 293n.92; on competition among workers, 308n.46; on distribution, 309n.46
Marxist education, 223, 261
mass [non-elite], 123–24
Mayer, 60
Medvedev, Roy, 283n.94, 324n.28
Medvedev, Zhores, 250
Meister, Albert, 155–56
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 59–60
Mészáros, István, 131
Mićunović, Dragoljub, 224, 226, 316n.35
middle class, 175–76, 177–78, 219, 310n.64
Mihajlov, Mihajlo, 207–8
Mikecin, Vjekoslav, 31
Milenkovitch, Deborah, 172
Milic, Vojin, 53, 82–83, 224
Milosavleski, Slavko, 226
Mirić, Milan, 187, 267–68, 307n.30
Mitin, M. B., 19, 20, 35
Morawski, 212
Moscow Committee for Human Rights, 249
Muhić, Fuad, 32on.73
multi-party system, 257–58
Naše Teme [periodical], 31, 37–38
nationalism, 177–78ff, 219, 220, 225, 31 in.73, 318n.59; see also Croatian nationalism; Serbian nationalism
nature-man concept, 75–76, 89–90, 289n.38
Neal, Fred W., 4–5, 13
Nedeljković, 279n.6o
negation of negation, 89, 97, 294n.101
Nietzsche, Friedrich W., 82, 83, 291n.6o, 298n.22 nihilism, 83
Nikezić, Marko, 226, 316n.42
Nova Misao [periodical], 27–28
Novi Sad Symposium, 1964, 40–41
Obradović, Josip, 306n.22
ownership: private, 130, 140–41; collective, 143–44; group. 165–66, 307n.31
Pace, Enzo, 53
Paris Commune, 151–52, 157
Parsons, Howard, 66
Partisans, 4, 145, 274n.1, 302n.77
Party Congress; see Communist Party USSR; League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Pavelić, Ante, 183
peasants, 302n.76
Pečujlić, Miroslav, 139–40, 144
Pejović, Danilo, 15, 52, 207, 208, 276n.31
periodicals; see journals
Perović, Latinka, 226
personality cult, 135, 147–50,300n.50, 303n.82
Perspektive [periodical], 38, 281n.71
Pesić-Golubović, Zagorka: 22, 53, 216; on bureaucracy, 164; harassment of, 224, 225, 235; on human nature, 289n.37; on group ownership, 307n.31
Petöfi Circle, 37, 249
Petrović, Gajo: 17, 36, 39, 65–66, 206, 212, 235–36; 286n.14, 316n.35; critique of Soviet philosophy, 18, 19–20, 69, 96–97; on Marxism, 22–23; and Praxis, 29,45–46,52–53, 254, 264; on socialism, 46; on aliena- tion, 70, 72, 74, 281n.79; on praxis, 72–73; on natural laws, 76; on reflection theory, 92, 279n.66, 286n.14; on philosophy, 102–7; on political alienation, 127; on socialist society, 129
philosophes, French, 255
philosophy: 46–47, 61, 100–1ff; and praxis, 103–6; and politics, 107–9, 237–38
Pijade, Moša, 6
Pirjevec, Dušan, 38
planning, economic, 168–70
Pogledi [periodical]; 18, 24–25ff, 31; contributors, 26
Popov, Nebojša: 192, 252; on bureaucracy, 146, 302n.77; on strikes, 190, 218; harassment of, 224, 226, 235
Popović, Kuča, 226
power, concept of, 121–23, 203' 298n.22, 298n.24
praxis theory, 34, 67, 71, 72–73, 75–79. 286n.11, 294m 103, 295n.117
Praxis [periodical]: 193, 239–40; purpose, xvi, 11,45–46, 48, 55–56, 197, 209, 263–65, 325n.44, 325n.45; Editorial Board, 45, 52–54, 216–18, 224, 236–37, 254–55, 284n.101; financial support, 45, 205–6, 221, 314n.22; an institution of criticism, 48, 193, 196–97, 254–55; considered to be an opposition movement, 48–49, 214–15, 243; editions, format, 49–51, 53, 283n.96, 284n.101, 314n.22; contributors, 51, 218; Advisory Council, 53; criticized, 198–202, 204–5, 206–8, 212–13, 226; and student movement, 215–16; official attempts to suppress, 219–20, 224–25, 317n.51; circulation, 240, 264; impact, 264–66; see also Praxis Marxists
Praxis Marxists: on philosophy, 46–47, 100, 186; reason for Praxis, 46–49; and Korčula Summer School, 54–55. 157; on criticism, 57–58; reexamination of Marxism, 59–61, 65ff; diversity, 66–67; on praxis and alienation, 67–68, 75–79; on Marx's humanism, 67, 70; on Stalinist Marxism, 87, 97; criticized by Soviet philosophers, 97–99; on philosophy and politics, 107–8, 117; on political alienation, 111–12, 129, 203–4; on institutionalization, 125; on socialism, 128; use alienation as a tool of social analysis, 129, 132; critique of Stalinism, 132–34, 141–42, 147, 150; on Stalinism, 132–34,141–42, 147, 150; on Stalinism in Yugoslavia, 145–46; on self-management, 157–58, 168, 258–59; on economic planning, 168–69; °n market system, 170–72, 175; on nationalism, 177–78, 180–83, 185; accusations against, 186, 233; on future of Yugoslavia, 187, 190, 193; criticized, 199–200, 201, 206; and student movement, 211–12, 214–16; Tito's complaints against, 213–15; harassment of, 212–13ff, 224–25ff, 235–36, 316n.42, 32on-73; on efficiency, 247; political program, 256–58;
Party membership, 258
praxisovci, 213, 216, 225, 240
praxisti, 195
private ownership, 130, 140–41
proletariat, 62–63, 116, 125, 190–92
Proudhon, Pierre J., 59, 166, 307n.26, 317n.27
Prucha, Milan, 66–67
public opinion, 123–24, 125, 128
Puhovski, Žarko, 183, 218, 258, 284n.99
Rakovsky, Christian G., 275n.18
Ranković, Aleksandar, 28, 43, 146, 206, 207
reflection theory, 32–37, 92, 93–95, 279n.61, 279n.66, 28on.69, 293n-94
representation concept, 120–21
revolution: permanent, 128; phases of, 128, 299n.37; degeneration of, 134.138
Riazanov, D. K., 69
Ribar, Veljko, 33
Riesman, David, 53
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 106, 290n..44, 296n.123, 297n.7
Rus, Veljko, 38, 53, 55, 160, 161–63, 305n.17
Rus, Vojan, 235
Sakharov, Andrei D., 249, 250
Sarajevo Conference, 1959, 32
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 15–16, 21, 60, 253, 323n. 15
Schaff, Adam, 73
Schliapnikov, Aleksandr G., 300n.51
Schöpflin, George, 181–82
science, 89, 249–50, 286n.17, 292n.81
Second International, 1889, 62
self-management: 10, 126, 153–54ff, 188, 304n.6; in Party, 40–41; extended to social sector, 155, 278n.50; supported by Praxis Marxists, 258–59, 314n. 12; and bureaucrats, 158–59; workers' participation, 160–62, 190, 192; decentralization, 164–65
Serbian nationalism, 224, 311n.75
Šešić, Bogdan, 33, 35, 28on.69, 317n.54
Seventh Party Congress, 1958, 3, 6, 12, 31
Sixth Party Congress, 1952, 11–12, 17, 31
Skerlić, Jovan, xv
Slovenia, 179
social science, 261–62, 325n.39
socialism: 46, 118, 120, 125, 126, 128–29, 130; future of, 187–89, 190, 192
socialist culture, 14, 261–62, 269
Socrates, 238
Stalin, Joseph, 6, 9, 69, 95–96, 276n.33, 293n.98
Stalinism, 16, 132–33ff, 137, 138ff, 150
Stalinist Marxism, 16, 18, 70, 86, 87, 95–99. 130, 132. 137–38. 276n.33
Stambolić, Petar, 27
Stanković, Sinisa, 37
statism, 134, 142–43, 183, 275n.11
stock certificates, 210, 315n.32
Stojanović, Svetozar: 33, 39–41, 53, 55, 225, 226, 235, 282n.83, 282n.87; on self-government, 125–26, 156, 165–67, 187; on limitations of setting goals, 129–30; on Stalinism, 133–35, 142–43; on statism, 142–44, 275n. 11; on Stalinist origin of LCY, 145–46; on charismatic leaders, 148–49; on market system, 170, 172–73; on the student movement, 218, 318n.54; on multi-party system, 256–57
Stojković, Andrija, 33, 37, 28on.69
strikes, 190–91, 192
students: 215–16, 228, 231; demonstrations, 209–15, 220, 229, 284n.96, 31on.61, 315n.32, 318n.54
Supek, Rudi: 22, 24–25, 39, 54, 300n.51, 304n.10, 308n.33, 323n.22; on socialist culture, 14, 26–27, 26I; and Praxis, 29, 52, 208, 236–37; on theory of reflection, 35; on alienation, 85–86, 97, 277n.42; on Stalinism, 86–87, 971 on philosophy, 101; on community, .117; on man as a political animal, 119; on institutionalization, 125; on self-management, 160–61, 166, 187–88, 278n.50, 305n.20, 319n.52; on market system, 174; on economic reforms, 175–76; on nationalism, 180–81, 183–84, 186; on socialism, 189; on Marxism, 194–96; and students, 215–16; on intelligentsia, 245, 250–51; on social consciousness, 260–61
Suvar, Stipe, 220, 221
syndicalism, 152
Tadic, Ljubomir: 40–41, 53, 183, 217, 225, 226, 261; on criticism, 44, 204; on nature of authority, 110; on community, 118; on elite theory, 121–23; on public opinion, 124–25, 307n.26; on direct democracy, 124; on self-management, 126, 157–58; on socialism, 125, 128, 270–71; on Stalinism, 133, 137, 138, 147–48; on intelligentsia, 248; on technique and science, 249; opposed multi-party system, 256, 257; on nationalism, 311n.73
Tenth Party Congress, 1974, 229–30, 32on.73
Tenth Party Congress, USSR, 1921, 135, 137, 153
Tepavac, Mirko, 226
Thirteenth Party Congress, USSR, 1924, 138
Tito, Josip Broz: xv, 4, 148, 153–54, 223, 226, 232, 241; and student movement, 210–11, 213; and Praxis Marxists, 213–15, 222, 314n.26
totalitarian society, 138–39
totality, category of, 64, 84–87
trade unions, 152, 153
Tripala, Mika: on Praxis, 48–49, 198–99, 265, 314n.15; and Croatian nationalism, 181–82, 183, 219, 220, 313n.7
Trotsky, Leon, 8, 135, 147, 275n.18, 300n.56, 301n.69
Tucker, Robert C., 122, 287n.21
Tverdokhlebov, Andrei N., 249, 250
Union of Writers of Yugoslavia, 23–24
universities, and intelligentsia, 244–46
utopian socialists, 151
Vajda, Mihály, 131
vanguard party, 62, 94, 133, 134, 145
Veselica, Marko, 310n.61, 316n.35
Vlahović, Veljko, 40–41, 43, 299n.41
Voltaire, François, 57
Vracar, Stephen, 218
Vranicki, Predrag: 18, 21, 52, 221, 258; on Marxism, 9; on praxis, 79, 85; on the dialectic, 99; on political alienation, 126–27; on Stalinist society, 130–31, 138, 147; on Lenin, 133; on financial institutions, 176–77
Vrnja1čka, Banja, 41
Weber, Max, 132, 303n.82
Wetter, Gustav A., 294n.101
Wolin, Sheldon, 47, 114
Wolff, Kurt, 53
workers' councils, 152–53, 155
Workers' Opposition, 135, 153, 300n-51
workers' self-management, 10, 126, 153—54; see also self-management
working class, 62–63, 116, 141, 190–92
Yudin, Pavel F., 20
Yugoslav Association for Philosophy and Sociology, 32
Yugoslav Constitution, 219, 223, 266, 318n.59
Yugoslav Philosophical Association, 284n.101
Yugoslav revolution, 3–11, 145–46, 302n.77
Zagreb Conference, 1959, 32
Zagreb University, 221
Zanardo, Aldo, 53
Ziherl, 8, 44, 235
Životić, Miladin: 22, 53, 55, 66, 216, 2 17, 225, 226; on totality, 84–85; on bureaucracy, 91–92, 265; on historical materialism, 95; on philosophy and politics, 107–8; on equal pay for equal work, 172; on nationalism, 180; on a society founded on science, 250; on the Stalinist dialectic, 293n-98
Zogović, Radovan, 23, 24
Županov, Josip, 173, 174, 306n.24
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