Prosazování marxisticko-leninské politické ekonomie do československého monetárního myšlení v letech 1945‒1955

• Authors: Petr Chalupecký , Zdenka Johnson

Title variants

EN

Promoting the Marxist-Leninist theory in Czechoslovak monetary thought from 1945 to 1955

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study explores the transformation of Czechoslovak economic monetary thought toward Marxist-Leninist economics. The first section verifies the necessity to promote this theoretical and methodological approach from outside and build from scratch, as in Czechoslovakia this was not represented in the academic tradition. Further, the close connection between Czechoslovak economists and standard (Western) theoretical concepts in this area is considered. Also, the conditions which allowed the transformation of Czechoslovak monetary thought are discussed. The second part of the study focuses on the channels through which Marxism-Leninism were promoted. This was primarily via university education, which underwent a radical and somewhat chaotic reform that brought about the break with traditional university education functioning in Czechoslovakia, but was limited by economic and social conditions. The new state power managed to change economic university education institutions and personnel with partial success. Among the biggest remaining problems was a lack of teachers and educational literature.

Keywords

EN

History; Czechoslovakia; the 1950s; economic thought; monetary policy; monetary theories; Marxism-Leninism; university education

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 221-244

Contributors

author

Petr Chalupecký

• Národohospodářská fakulta, Vysoká škola ekonomická Praha, Czech Republic

author

Zdenka Johnson

• Národohospodářská fakulta, Vysoká škola ekonomická Praha, Czech Republic