Milovan Djilas - Nova Klasa.pdf !free!
Even in non-communist contexts, the phrase “new class” has been adopted by conservative thinkers (like Irving Kristol) to describe a managerial, credentialed elite in Western democracies that uses state power for its own enrichment.
"The new class appropriates its privileges and economic preference in the form of material gain and social prestige. The ownership of the means of production is not the same as the control of the means of production." Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf
After World War II, Djilas rose to the pinnacle of power as Vice President of Yugoslavia. He was the heir apparent to Tito. Yet, unlike the sclerotic bureaucrats of the Eastern Bloc, Djilas began asking dangerous questions. He traveled to the Soviet Union and saw the privileged lives of the nomenklatura . He returned to Yugoslavia and looked at his own party officials. Even in non-communist contexts, the phrase “new class”
Milovan Đilas's 1957 work, The New Class , argues that the communist revolution failed to create a classless society, instead producing a new, parasitic political bureaucracy that exercises a monopoly over the economy. The book highlights that this new class secures its power through collective ownership and totalitarian control, using Marxist ideology to justify its privilege and exploitation. You can read a summary of the work via the CIA's historical document archive at cia.gov . SUMMARY OF THE NEW CLASS - CIA He was the heir apparent to Tito
