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 111
... existing socialism ' ( i paesi di socialismo reale ) , and by siding with the ' right - wing Polish extre- mists of Solidarność ' , it had effectively joined the ' class enemy ' and the forces of world imperialism . Wittingly or not ...
... existing socialism ' ( i paesi di socialismo reale ) , and by siding with the ' right - wing Polish extre- mists of Solidarność ' , it had effectively joined the ' class enemy ' and the forces of world imperialism . Wittingly or not ...
Page 172
... existing communist parties is a ' far cry ' from the true Leninist principles of democratic centralism.14 However , controversy exists as to whether or not the Bolshevik prohibition was intended to be temporary . Far from being a ...
... existing communist parties is a ' far cry ' from the true Leninist principles of democratic centralism.14 However , controversy exists as to whether or not the Bolshevik prohibition was intended to be temporary . Far from being a ...
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... existing state in order to substitute for it a social order of a fundamentally different character . ' 8. These figures are taken from Ghelli ( 1982 ) , ' La fiducia che viene da quello straordinario cantiere rosso ' , L'Unità ...
... existing state in order to substitute for it a social order of a fundamentally different character . ' 8. These figures are taken from Ghelli ( 1982 ) , ' La fiducia che viene da quello straordinario cantiere rosso ' , L'Unità ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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