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 115
... criticism of the CPSU and other parties but rather a desire for a real rupture ? Cossutta's question struck a chord of sympathy with a substantial part of the membership . In October he carried criticism further by publishing a book ...
... criticism of the CPSU and other parties but rather a desire for a real rupture ? Cossutta's question struck a chord of sympathy with a substantial part of the membership . In October he carried criticism further by publishing a book ...
Page 120
... criticism of previous Party policy , particularly the 1979 ' Government of National Unity ' , which was branded ' an alliance forged solely between Party heads with little regard for the mass following ' . The main points of the ...
... criticism of previous Party policy , particularly the 1979 ' Government of National Unity ' , which was branded ' an alliance forged solely between Party heads with little regard for the mass following ' . The main points of the ...
Page 166
... criticism of every proposal by Party members are built into the decision - making process . In reality , however , there has always been a large gulf between theory and practice , as well as flaws in the theory itself . If we examine ...
... criticism of every proposal by Party members are built into the decision - making process . In reality , however , there has always been a large gulf between theory and practice , as well as flaws in the theory itself . If we examine ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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