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Марксизмът след рухването на системата (логически поглед отстрани) (част 2)
Marxism after the Collapse of the System (A Logical Side View) (Part 2)

Author(s): Martin Tabakov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Marxism; ideology; superpower; empire; USSR; Russia; value system; geopolitics; nomenklatura; comprador bourgeoisie; Russophile.

Summary/Abstract: The problem with Marxism is that it became the official ideology of an undemocratic system. Do Marxists today recognize this system as a fulfillment of their ideas, or do they consider that it abused those ideas? The determining relations are the functional ones: „rulers and ruled“, „empowered and powerless“. Marxism also became an official ideology by which a superpower (an empire) justified its right to rule over and control a whole bloc of countries. Marxism would be hard to revive today if it is prepared to recognize the USSR as a fulfillment of Marxist ideas! In fact, the economic nomenklatura of the totalitarian party and its secret service were, and still are, a „comprador bourgeoisie“. Bulgarian Russophile Marxists should rethink their stance. A „Russophile“ is a connoisseur of Russian culture, which he likes, admires and publicly supports. He is not one who „defends Russian imperial geopolitical interests“. A „Russophile“ should also have sympathy for „Czarist Russia“, but Bulgarian Marxists sharply criticized it during a long period. Practically and legally, serfs in Russia were in a similar position as slaves in the US. Marxism is related to the European system of values, while, according to many specialists, the Russian nation has a different value system. It is disputable how close the Bulgarian national psychology is to the Russian one.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 90-104
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian