Формирането на бъдещия социалистически гражданин (Опит върху ДПО „Септемврийче“)
The formation of the future socialist citizen (on the example of the Bulgarian Pioneer Organization)

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the development and activity of the so-called Dimitrov’s ‘Child of September’ Pioneer Organization as well as of the related ideological discourse. In the emergence and functioning of the Pioneer organization in Bulgaria, one can see the alternative educational project of socialism which generates its own discourse. The roots of the Pioneer organization in Bulgaria are traced from the emergence of the Scout organization to its transfer on a new ground in the socialist countries under the form of a political organization for children. Although inheriting the traditions of Scouts, the Dimitrov’s ‘Child of September’ Pioneer Organization received different tasks than its model. It socializes children into the ideological public norm, turning them into equals of the adult subjects. This contributes to the pioneers’ being perceived through the prism of their future realization as communists, i.e. their identity is always transcendent in relation to themselves. With the erosion of ideological norm as a fundament of socialist public space, a gradual autonomization begins of the child from its ideological functions and the related representation by ascribing an independent and unique world-feeling.

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