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The Peasantry — a Social and Political Force in the Social Development of Yugoslavia
Ivan Cifrić
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The author discusses the problemof
the peasantry as a class, social
and political force in the socialist
revolution, placing a special accent
on the historical perspective in
Yugoslavia.
He points out that studies of the
relationship between the peasantry
and the socialist revolution to
date have had two fundamental
limitations. One is in theoretic
approaches to Marxism which,
analyzing the revolution, »ignored«
the peasantry, refering mostly to
Marx's concept that the socialist
revolution is primarily a revolution
of the proletariat. The author
stresses that Marx's concept
allowed the peasantry also to take
part in the socialist revolution.
The second limitation stems from
conditions in certain scholarly
disciplines, which left »white
regions«; one of them is the
subject of this article.
The peasant could not enter the
political sphere until he was
liberated from autarchy. In the
author's opinion the experience of
socialist revolutions, especially in
Yugoslavia, shows that in a
certain class, social and political
constellation of forces the
peasantry can be a political factor
in the revolution, although with
an essentially limited independance.
The part of the peasantry that
accepts the platform of the
revolution joins the political
positions of the working class.
The socialist revolution treats the
peasantry in the same way that
the peasantry — through its
contribution to the revolution and its role in it — treats it. This is
not a compromise, but an aspect
of the revolution in which the
peasantry also takes part, thus
building its own future.
The national and class
unhomogeneity of peasant
organizations in capitalist
Yugoslavia favoured the peasantry
accepting the political programme
of the Communist Party of
Yugoslavia and entering the
revolution. The revolution was
a historical act in which the
peasantry, made conscious through
its class leader — the workers —
— also came onto the historical
scene. The socialist revolution
offered the peasantry its own
concrete historical alternative —
— it is being integrated into
socialism, either mechanically, or
as the basis for the future
generation of the working class;
and this process will continue
until the peasantry is completely
assimilated with the working class.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119372
URI
Datum izdavanja:
12.12.1979.
Posjeta: 1.393 *