Teorijsko-metodologijska razmimoilaženja u istraživanju Marxove i Engelsove teorije partije
Theoretical-Methodological Disagreements in the Study of Marx's and Engel's Theory of the Party

Summary/Abstract: The theory of the revolutionary party is part of Marxism dealing with the problems of the practical realisation of socialist revolution. The theory of the party examines the objective and subjective factors of revolutionary upheaval, its temporary and historical goals, the methods and forms of political organisation. It is not identical with the theory of revolution but is its component part. The theory of socialist of revolution comprises, namely, the theory of the proletarian state and the theory of the proletarian party, its two institutions which must operate in the revolution. Marx and Engels occupied themselves with the theory of the party as a derivative problem only when this was required by the course of historical events. To understand the absence of a systematic study of politics, and hence of parties, it should be remembered that Marx and Engels believed in the interdependence of political, economic, intellectual and social forms of life, wherein politics is not an event or process by itself and cannot be examined apart from economic and social relations. Hobsbam was right in claiming that for Marx political institutions were of secondary importance, from the point of view of analysis, as they cannot be explained by themselves. The fundamental issue of the theory of revolution is the relationship between the state and the party. In this context, special attention should be given to Balibar's claim that Marx and Engels completely rejected the representative role of the party in the political sphere.

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