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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... cultural politics of Italian communism . Little , however , has been written about the actual culture of Italian communism , or about what is meant by this notion of a ' Marxist culture ' that repels some 12 Italian Communism.
... cultural politics of Italian communism . Little , however , has been written about the actual culture of Italian communism , or about what is meant by this notion of a ' Marxist culture ' that repels some 12 Italian Communism.
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... culture ' that repels some and excites others . Nor has there been much written that adequately explains the success of Italian communism . Several schools of thought have attempted to provide an answer , but most have failed to give a ...
... culture ' that repels some and excites others . Nor has there been much written that adequately explains the success of Italian communism . Several schools of thought have attempted to provide an answer , but most have failed to give a ...
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... culture , its history . Then have somebody write new books , manufacture a new culture , invent a new history . In a distorted way this , too , may be conceived of as a version of commu- nist hegemony , though it is a far cry from what ...
... culture , its history . Then have somebody write new books , manufacture a new culture , invent a new history . In a distorted way this , too , may be conceived of as a version of commu- nist hegemony , though it is a far cry from what ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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