Lidija Bencetić, Komunizam u slici [Communism in image], (Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2017

Summary of the book in English (Lidija Bencetić, Komunizam u slici [Communism in image], (Zagreb:Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2017)

Komunizam i država u djelu Karla Marxa

Autor analizira shvatanje države, kao oblika otuđenog života u Marksovom opusu, polazeći od konstatacije da se pod tim pojmom označava onaj oblik ove političke institucije koji se javlja s apsolutističkom monarhijom, odnosno prvim oblicima robne proizvodnje. Za Marksa, država je iluzorna zajednica jer je ona izraz iluzornog opšteg interesa nastalog apstrahovanjem od sfere građanskog društva: u modernom građanskom društvu Marks razlikuje dve sfere, građansko društvo, tj. sferu čovekove empirijske egzistencije, i sferu države, tj. osamostaljenog zajedničkog interesa. Konstatujući da je za Marksa-filozofa država prividna zajednica, surogat zajednice koji se osamostaljuje naspram individuuma, autor analizira Marksov koncept prevazilaženja (Aufhebung) države i konstatuje imenentne ograničenosti toga koncepta koji se manifestuju, pre svega, u nedostatku analize funkcionisanja modernog industrijskog društva. Naime, umesto traženja mogućih empirijskih modusa prevazilaženja ove političke institucije, Marks gradi — i to sasvim nedosledno — jedan apstraktni (Pariška komuna kakva bi ona mogla da bude) prevazilaženja države, što onda dovodi do toga da se ceo problem prenosi sa nivoa političke filozofije na nivo mogućih operacionalizacija ideja komunizma.The author analyses the concept of state as a form of alienated life in the works of Karl Marx, starting from the assessment of state denoting that form of political institution which emerged within absolutist monarchy, that is, together with the first forms of commodity production. State is an illusory community for Marx, for it is an expression of the illusory common interest conceived by an abstraction from the sphere of bourgeois society: in the modern bourgeois society Marx differentiates two spheres, that of the bourgeois society (i.e. the sphere of the human empirical existence) and the sphere of state (i.e. independently developed common interest). Asserting that state is fictitious community for Marx — the philosopher — a surrogate of a community becoming autonomous as opposed to the individual — the author analyses Marx\u27es concept of the superseding of state (Aufhebung), and he ascertains the inherent limitations of that concept which are manifested, primarily, in the lack of any analysis of the functioning of the modem industrial society. Specifically, instead of seeking possible empirical modes of superseding such a political institution, Marx is developing — and without any consistency — an abstract model (the Commune of Paris as it could have been) of the superseding of state, which leads to the relocation of the whole problem from the level of political philosophy to the level of possible operationalizations of the idea of communism

„Unutrašnji emigrant”: političke ideje Milovana Đilasa 1954–1989

The aim of this article is to examine the political ideas of Milovan Djilas (1911–1995) developed in his dissident period (1954–1989). Once a highly ranked communist and revolutionary of Tito’s antifascist partisan army in the Second World War Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas (1911–1995) became widely known as one of the most important dissident figures in Eastern Europe. A noted reformist since Tito-Stalin split in 1948 and political prisoner (1956–1961, 1962–1966), Djilas was deprived from all public activity in his country until the end of communist rule. Author of more than twenty books translated and published abroad, ranging from political analysis and memoirs to novels and shorts stories, Djilas never truly gave up the ideals of the young talented writer he was in the early 1930s when he joined the communists. Declaring himself a democratic socialist, it was in his dissident period that he formulated a specific form of political philosophy which included his criticism of communist ideology and Titoist authoritarian rule in Yugoslavia, but also wider thoughts on human condition, literature and philosophy in the 20th century.The aim of this article is to examine the political ideas of Milovan Djilas (1911–1995) developed in his dissident period (1954–1989). Once a highly ranked communist and revolutionary of Tito’s antifascist partisan army in the Second World War Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas (1911–1995) became widely known as one of the most important dissident figures in Eastern Europe. A noted reformist since Tito-Stalin split in 1948 and political prisoner (1956–1961, 1962–1966), Djilas was deprived from all public activity in his country until the end of communist rule. Author of more than twenty books translated and published abroad, ranging from political analysis and memoirs to novels and shorts stories, Djilas never truly gave up the ideals of the young talented writer he was in the early 1930s when he joined the communists. Declaring himself a democratic socialist, it was in his dissident period that he formulated a specific form of political philosophy which included his criticism of communist ideology and Titoist authoritarian rule in Yugoslavia, but also wider thoughts on human condition, literature and philosophy in the 20th century

Katolička crkva u Madžarskoj

Die katholische Kirche Ungarn

An Analysis of Foreign Policy Strategies by President Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy

Diplomski rad s temom „Analiza vanjskopolitičkih strategija predsjednika Harryja S. Trumana i Johna F. Kennedyja“ pisan je kako bi se pobliže usporedile vanjske politike dvaju američkih predsjednika u dva vrlo kritična razdoblja Hladnog rata. Analizom i komparacijom vanjskih politika dolazi se do zaključka jesu li njihove strategije prema Europi, Aziji i Bliskom istoku bile vrlo slične. Do odgovora na polazno pitanje dolazi se metodom deskripcije, odnosno postupkom opisivanja i prepričavanja činjenica poput inauguracijskih govora i Govora o stanju nacije te paralelnim presjekom povijesnih događaja. Iz istraživanja proizlaze rezultati koji govore kako su vanjskopolitičke strategije Trumana i Kennedyja bile vrlo slične, s jedinim osnovnim ciljem, a to je suzbijanje sovjetskog utjecaja u svijetu. Iz toga se izvodi zaključak kako je vanjska politika SAD-a za vrijeme dva krizna razdoblja Hladnog rata bila vrlo slična, a razlikovala se samo zbog drugačijih okolnosti u određenim državama.The Master’s thesis on "Analysis of Foreign Policy Strategies of President Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy" was written to compare the two US President's foreign policies in two very critical periods of the Cold War. By analyzing and comparing foreign policies, research comes to the conclusion that their strategies for Europe, Asia and the Middle East are very similar. The answer to the initial question comes by the method of descriptiveness, respectively the process of describing and recounting facts such as the Inaugural Address and State of the Union addresses and the parallel cross-section of historical events. The research results show that Truman’s and Kennedy's foreign policy strategies are very similar, with one basic goal of suppressing the Soviet influence in the world. This led to the conclusion that US foreign policy during the two critical periods of the Cold War were very similar and differed only due to the different circumstances in certain countries