Ekonomski razvoj i socijalna revolucija
Economic Development and Social Revolution

Summary/Abstract: Economic development is one of the essential characteristics of modern society, and the theory of modern social revolution must define its attitude towards changes in economic conditions of the life of society. This is the way of Marxist theory and hence its actuality for the world revolutionary process. Marx claims that on the definite stage of its development productive forces of society come to conflict with the existing relations of production and that then comes to the epoch of social revolution. But the author proves that out of this general attitude cannot be made conclusion about the priority of the comming of particular countries into revolutionary period, neither about forms of social revolution. Capitalism is the world system and each socialist revolution is a part of the world revolution. Minimal conditions of economic development are necessary for the successful socialist revolution to be at all possible. But when a revolution will really begin depends on many objective and subjective factors which can be established by a concrete analysis only. The author criticizes the mechanic interpretation of Marx's thought about revolution, especially in its function of neglecting the socialist character of the October Revolution. As an example of the creative employment of Marxism the author puts forward Lenin's polemics with the Menshewiks who neglected possibility of successful socialist revolution in Russia, as well as against Trotsky who considered that the October Revolution must immediately spread all over the world to have a world-wide character. Socialist revolution does not break the continuity of economic development, but its task is to integrate the results of earlier development into a new society creating conditions for even quicker development. To realize its economic and social aims, a revolution must in the present conditions be socialist and democratic, the author points out at the end.

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