Original scientific paper

Anarchist Critique of Marxist Concepts of State

Radivoj Nikolić ; Beograd

Abstract

The starting point is the difference in comprehension of members of different socialist currents, the ways and means of fighting for socialism. Marxist anarchists first of all resent the means by which Marxists wish to attain a new society, mainly political centralism, state capitalism and the necessity of a period of transition on the road to communism. The critical view of this has been revised in anarcho-syndicalism, especially present in Spain. Special attention has been paid to the criticism of the Marxist concepts of state from the viewpoint of anarchism, stressing their Jacobean character. The basis of anarchistic teachings on the state is that political power is divided by society into at least two social groups, one of which desiring power monopolizes the privileges society offers, takes the initiative, decides about the freedom of others, creates bureaucracy and suppresses revolution. The anarchists insist upon authoritarian principles, convinced that a classless society can be achieved only by free individuals united in free communes.

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Hrčak ID:

155832

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155832

Publication date:

30.6.1984.

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