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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... given values ; it is ' ideology made flesh ' , so to speak . But ideologies are also repositories of given values and though formulated in specific social settings they often survive long after those original social conditions have ...
... given values ; it is ' ideology made flesh ' , so to speak . But ideologies are also repositories of given values and though formulated in specific social settings they often survive long after those original social conditions have ...
Page 84
... given to historians and Gramsci Institute conferences , and the severity of discipli- nary sanctions brought against Party intellectuals who depart too far from the Party line - as in the case of Bologna historian Salvatore Sechi , 22 ...
... given to historians and Gramsci Institute conferences , and the severity of discipli- nary sanctions brought against Party intellectuals who depart too far from the Party line - as in the case of Bologna historian Salvatore Sechi , 22 ...
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... given economic substance . From the point of view of policy , Ferrarotti ( ibid . ) adds , ' It would be difficult to distinguish them from social democrats . ' Italian communists dispute any such claim and argue that they have not given ...
... given economic substance . From the point of view of policy , Ferrarotti ( ibid . ) adds , ' It would be difficult to distinguish them from social democrats . ' Italian communists dispute any such claim and argue that they have not given ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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