Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : an Anthropological PerspectivePluto Press, 1990 - 246 pages Crispen Shore's work is based on research in the heart of the Communist-governed city of Perugia. He traces major factors which explain the success of the PCI - its disengagement from the Soviet Union, its break with the strictures of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy, its development of an independent popular national vision of socialism and the expansive sub-cultural role it has created for itself within Italian society. |
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... Fascism . The front line had cut Italy in two : the South under the Allies and the North under the Germans . The anti - Fascist parties formed clandestinely during the war emerged to form committees of national liberation . All joined ...
... Fascism . The front line had cut Italy in two : the South under the Allies and the North under the Germans . The anti - Fascist parties formed clandestinely during the war emerged to form committees of national liberation . All joined ...
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... Fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano ( MSI ) votes . But his plan for a ' government of order ' misfired badly , resulting in violent mass demonstrations and a surge of anti- Fascist and anti - government animosity . The decision of the ...
... Fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano ( MSI ) votes . But his plan for a ' government of order ' misfired badly , resulting in violent mass demonstrations and a surge of anti- Fascist and anti - government animosity . The decision of the ...
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... Fascism ' ( Blackmer , 1975 : 28 ) . This point is echoed by the former secretary of the Perugia federation : - We youngsters were critical not only of Fascism but of all the old pre - Fascist parties that had failed to combat Fascism ...
... Fascism ' ( Blackmer , 1975 : 28 ) . This point is echoed by the former secretary of the Perugia federation : - We youngsters were critical not only of Fascism but of all the old pre - Fascist parties that had failed to combat Fascism ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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