Između ketmana i odbrane univerzitetske profesije - Mihailo Konstantinović u akademskim čistkama četrdesetih godina 20. veka

Abstract

Po uspostavljanju vlasti Komunističke partije Jugoslavije, univerzitetski profesori su bili suočeni s izborom: podići glas protiv diktature uz plaćanje visoke cene, pristupiti KPJ ili prihvatiti obrazac ketmana. Mihailo Konstantinović je bio među malobrojnima koji su pokušavali da pronađu četvrti put: zadržati službu, ne preći na crvenu stranu, a ne ostati zarobljen u ketmanstvu. Takve postupke treba ceniti kao gestove hrabrosti, a ne oportunizma. Konstantinović nije prisustvovao sednici Saveta Fakulteta 1946. godine kada je udaljen Dragoljub Jovanović. Studenti-komunisti su 1947. godini zahtevali uklanjanje profesora Vladisavljevića i Mirkovića. Konstantinović je bio jedan od profesora koji su ih satima branili i bio izložen kritikama kolega komunista. Savet je na kraju prepustio odluku višim vlastima i Vladisavljević i Mirković su otpušteni. Iduće godine represiji je izložen docent Milivoje Marković, koga je, zbog pritiska članova KPJ, branio manji broj kolega. Konstantinović nije govorio, ali nije glasao za isključenje. Najvažnije mu je bilo da sačuva Fakultet.

Under Communist rule in Yugoslavia a university professor could either raise his voice and pay a high price, join the Party or accept the ketman practice. Mihailo Konstantinović tried to find a fourth way: retain the office, not cross to the red side and avoid being perceived as a ketman. Konstantinović was absent at the meeting of the Facultys Council in 1946 when Dragoljub Jovanović was expelled. When in 1947 Communist students required removal of professors Milan Vladisavljević and Đorđe Mirković, Konstantinović was one of the professors who defended them, exposed to attacks by his Communist colleagues. The Council eventually relinquished the decision to higher authorities and Vladisavljević and Mirković were consequently dismissed. The following year assistant professor Milivoje Marković was targeted but due to the Communist pressure fewer colleagues defended him. Konstantinović did not take a stand on that occasion. His most important goal was to preserve the Faculty.