Partiškumo principas Lietuvos sovietiniame marksizme
The Principle of Partisanship in Lithuanian Soviet Marxism

Summary/Abstract: The article examines several more prominent cases of the implicit application of the principle of partisanship in Lithuanian Soviet Marxism. They are mainly based not on in-depth knowledge of the specific philosophical issues under investigation, but on rather stable ideological postulates that change slightly depending on the prevailing ideological needs of the Communist Party at a given time. The dynamics of this application are described and the controversy between supporters and critics of the principle of partisanship is identified. The latter can be seen as the exponents of creative tendencies in Marxism, who sought to “neutralise” the principle of partisanship, which hinders creativity, by emphasising the aspects of practical (but not class) activity or the relative independence (hence independence from class interests) of phenomena of spiritual culture (superstructure). It is concluded that the principle of partisanship, which prevailed unilaterally during the Stalinist period, gradually lost its political significance, but did not disappear completely until the end of the Soviet period.

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