Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : an Anthropological PerspectiveCrispen 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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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 satisfactory explanation . Some , including the post
...
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 satisfactory explanation . Some , including the post
...
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from espect has berving the way out of thunism to help to explain why those
socialised into the communist world tend to remain there , but the question of why
people outside the communist world in the first place join the PCI is more
complex .
from espect has berving the way out of thunism to help to explain why those
socialised into the communist world tend to remain there , but the question of why
people outside the communist world in the first place join the PCI is more
complex .
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Furthermore , it may also explain the sustained interest and high level of
commitment to the Party given by many activists . Hegemony and social appeals
provide clues as to why people enter the communist world and why they tend to
remain ...
Furthermore , it may also explain the sustained interest and high level of
commitment to the Party given by many activists . Hegemony and social appeals
provide clues as to why people enter the communist world and why they tend to
remain ...
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Contents
and 2 viiiix | 2 |
The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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| Title | Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : an Anthropological Perspective |
| Author | Cris Shore |
| Publisher | Pluto Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 074530334X, 9780745303345 |
| Length | 246 pages |
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