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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... created an ideal situation for the revolutionary capture of the state . In the West , however , the political system was more complex ; there was no Winter Palace to storm , no single locus of power ; and revolution was not simply a ...
... created an ideal situation for the revolutionary capture of the state . In the West , however , the political system was more complex ; there was no Winter Palace to storm , no single locus of power ; and revolution was not simply a ...
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... created to conduct the war and guarantee a democratic , anti - Fascist future for Italy . PCI strategy envisaged a ... creation of a new type of republic also necessitated a revised conception of the role of the party . Many socialist ...
... created to conduct the war and guarantee a democratic , anti - Fascist future for Italy . PCI strategy envisaged a ... creation of a new type of republic also necessitated a revised conception of the role of the party . Many socialist ...
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... created and re - created in a web of institutions , social rela- tions and ideas ... woven by the intellectuals who , according to Gramsci , are all those who have an organisational role in society . ' For interpretations of Gramsci's ...
... created and re - created in a web of institutions , social rela- tions and ideas ... woven by the intellectuals who , according to Gramsci , are all those who have an organisational role in society . ' For interpretations of Gramsci's ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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