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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... important case - study of how one communist party in Europe has confronted the problems common to most communist parties today . Whether the PCI's adaptation of Marxism holds any immediate answer to some of the dilemmas currently facing ...
... important case - study of how one communist party in Europe has confronted the problems common to most communist parties today . Whether the PCI's adaptation of Marxism holds any immediate answer to some of the dilemmas currently facing ...
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... important member of the Warsaw Pact could be reunited with West Germany . The full implica- tions of these events for East - West relations and for the future of Europe are still far from clear . What is certain , however , is that the ...
... important member of the Warsaw Pact could be reunited with West Germany . The full implica- tions of these events for East - West relations and for the future of Europe are still far from clear . What is certain , however , is that the ...
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... important part of the revolu- tionary syndicalism in which Mussolini was for years an agitator and an editor . Interestingly , the Italian translation in 1909 of Sorel's Reflections on Violence was reviewed at length by Mussolini . This ...
... important part of the revolu- tionary syndicalism in which Mussolini was for years an agitator and an editor . Interestingly , the Italian translation in 1909 of Sorel's Reflections on Violence was reviewed at length by Mussolini . This ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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