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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... analysis of the political culture of Italian communism as I became more intimately acquainted with several local Party sections and the lives of their members . For 18 months I carried out intensive anthropo- logical fieldwork in ...
... analysis of the political culture of Italian communism as I became more intimately acquainted with several local Party sections and the lives of their members . For 18 months I carried out intensive anthropo- logical fieldwork in ...
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... analysis of communist theory and ideology and their development in Italy and elsewhere . Above all , by focusing on ' communist identity ' it tries to explain what it means to be communist in Italy , and to show why this sense of ...
... analysis of communist theory and ideology and their development in Italy and elsewhere . Above all , by focusing on ' communist identity ' it tries to explain what it means to be communist in Italy , and to show why this sense of ...
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... analysis of this , see Chapter 2 . 3. For an analysis of the origins and character of Italy's marked political geog- raphy , see Chapter 3 . 4. Staar , 1980 , International Yearbook on Communist Affairs , p . xxi . 5. See Carrillo ...
... analysis of this , see Chapter 2 . 3. For an analysis of the origins and character of Italy's marked political geog- raphy , see Chapter 3 . 4. Staar , 1980 , International Yearbook on Communist Affairs , p . xxi . 5. See Carrillo ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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