Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf Updated
Milovan Đilas seminal book, The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System (originally Nova klasa
Unlike traditional owners, this class does not "own" property through private deeds. Instead, they exercise collective ownership by controlling the state, which in turn owns all national resources. The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf
“The new class... acquires its strength, its privileges, its power, and its wealth from the administration of nationalized and socialized property.” — Milovan Djilas Milovan Đilas seminal book, The New Class: An
- Asceticism in public (denouncing private property) vs. hedonism in private (access to forbidden goods).
- Revolutionary language (class struggle, proletariat) vs. conservative action (suppressing any change that threatens his position).
- Summary of the book’s main arguments
- Critical analysis (strengths, weaknesses, historical context)
- Comparison with other critiques of communist bureaucracies
- An essay outline or a full short paper
When Djilas wrote a series of critical articles for Borba (the party newspaper) suggesting that a new ruling class was forming, Tito had him expelled from the party. Refusing to recant, Djilas further expanded his thesis into a book. In 1957, while serving a prison sentence for "hostile propaganda," he smuggled the manuscript for Nova Klasa to the West. It was published in the US by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and instantly became a bestseller. Asceticism in public (denouncing private property) vs