The New Class: An Analysis Of The Communist System
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Few books have shaken the foundations of communist ideology as profoundly as The New Class, a searing indictment written from within the system itself. Yugoslav dissident and former high-ranking communist official Milovan Djilas argues that the Marxist-Leninist revolution, far from abolishing class distinctions, has merely replaced the old bourgeoisie with a new privileged ruling elite — the party bureaucracy — that exploits the very proletariat it claims to liberate. Set against the backdrop of post-war Eastern Europe and the iron grip of Soviet-style governance, the work chronicles how political power, once seized in the name of the people, is systematically converted into economic privilege and entrenched authority. Djilas writes with the rare authority of an insider turned critic, having served at the highest levels of the Yugoslav Communist Party before breaking with Tito's regime and being imprisoned for his dissident views. His prose is unflinching and analytical, drawing on direct experience to expose the mechanics of totalitarian governance with clinical precision. The New Class stands as one of the most significant works of political dissent of the twentieth century, and its central thesis — that revolutionary movements inevitably generate their own self-serving aristocracies — remains as unsettling and relevant today as when it was first published.
Author: Milovan Djilas
Format: Paperback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Few books have shaken the foundations of communist ideology as profoundly as The New Class, a searing indictment written from within the system itself. Yugoslav dissident and former high-ranking communist official Milovan Djilas argues that the Marxist-Leninist revolution, far from abolishing class distinctions, has merely replaced the old bourgeoisie with a new privileged ruling elite — the party bureaucracy — that exploits the very proletariat it claims to liberate. Set against the backdrop of post-war Eastern Europe and the iron grip of Soviet-style governance, the work chronicles how political power, once seized in the name of the people, is systematically converted into economic privilege and entrenched authority. Djilas writes with the rare authority of an insider turned critic, having served at the highest levels of the Yugoslav Communist Party before breaking with Tito's regime and being imprisoned for his dissident views. His prose is unflinching and analytical, drawing on direct experience to expose the mechanics of totalitarian governance with clinical precision. The New Class stands as one of the most significant works of political dissent of the twentieth century, and its central thesis — that revolutionary movements inevitably generate their own self-serving aristocracies — remains as unsettling and relevant today as when it was first published.