Đilas identifies several key characteristics of the new class:
A digital copy with marginalia and underlining from Hannah Arendt's personal library is available via Bard College. A study guide and analysis can be accessed on Academia.edu. Key Concepts and Context milovan djilas nova klasapdf
Today, "The New Class" is studied not just by historians of Communism, but by political scientists looking at and authoritarian regimes . The mechanisms Djilas described—where political loyalty is traded for economic access—can be seen in various forms across the globe today. Đilas identifies several key characteristics of the new
Đilas, a former high-ranking Yugoslav official and a key aide to Josip Broz Tito, argued that Communist revolutions did not actually create a classless society. Instead, they replaced traditional capitalists with a of political bureaucrats and party functionaries. According to Djilas, this "New Class" was characterized
According to Djilas, this "New Class" was characterized by its control over the means of production, its privileged position within the party and state apparatus, and its increasingly parasitic relationship with the working class. He contended that this new elite had become isolated from the masses and had developed its own interests, which often conflicted with those of the working class.