Diskurs o birokraciji i državnoj vlasti u post-revolucionarnoj Jugoslaviji 1945-1974. (II)
The discourse about bureaucracy and state power in post-revolutionary Yugoslavia 1945-1974 (II)

Summary/Abstract: The concept of “bureaucracy” covered the field of negative stances in postrevolutionary Yugoslavia. Its fuzziness allowed different, though ostensibly all anti-Stalinist, interpretations by the Party-State discourse (mainly Kardelj and Bakarić) vs. the discourse of the “loyal opposition” (Branko Horvat and the Praxis group). The first group wanted to dismantle State centralization but insisted there was no ruling class. The second group could not, for various reasons, insist on a ruling class but discussed its power and effect. The term “bureaucracy” grew from a useful start of public discussion finally into sterile talmudism. But its very limits indicate a crucial, though absent, concept and state of power.

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