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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Page 69
... claim to be the party of protest , anticapitalism and progressive social change . In constructing its modern identity , the PCI has consciously sought to lose many of its old Soviet and proletarian credentials . It has abandoned the old ...
... claim to be the party of protest , anticapitalism and progressive social change . In constructing its modern identity , the PCI has consciously sought to lose many of its old Soviet and proletarian credentials . It has abandoned the old ...
Page 132
... claim instead that the influence of local opinion is relative to its size and concentration . If the majority of sections in any given area were strongly critical of a Party proposal , their amendments would be carried to the provincial ...
... claim instead that the influence of local opinion is relative to its size and concentration . If the majority of sections in any given area were strongly critical of a Party proposal , their amendments would be carried to the provincial ...
Page 156
... claim and argue that they have not given up their ideology . This is why the issues of democracy , Leninism and democratic centralism are such polemics . What kind of democracy and what kind of communism does the PCI now profess ? What ...
... claim and argue that they have not given up their ideology . This is why the issues of democracy , Leninism and democratic centralism are such polemics . What kind of democracy and what kind of communism does the PCI now profess ? What ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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