On historical regression a note at the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the Manifesto

Limitations of the Manifesto (absence of the concept of 'social formation'; capitalism as 'homoficient') are treated as symptoms of a certain leftist theory with important practical political consequences. They are related to the deficiencies of the Yugoslav critical left (the be...

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Main Author: Močnik Rastko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade 2018-01-01
Series:Sociološki Pregled
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2018/0085-63201802498M.pdf
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Summary:Limitations of the Manifesto (absence of the concept of 'social formation'; capitalism as 'homoficient') are treated as symptoms of a certain leftist theory with important practical political consequences. They are related to the deficiencies of the Yugoslav critical left (the belief that socialist revolution is irreversible; the underestimation of the main contradiction of post-capitalism: 'capitalist processes / socialist processes and practices') that prevented Yugoslav leftists adequately to confront the restauration of capitalism.
ISSN:0085-6320
2560-4880