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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... military crackdown provoked an even stronger antigovernment outburst . Rumours began to spread that a full - scale civil war was about to break out , with rival armies supposedly preparing for battle on the outskirts of the capital ...
... military crackdown provoked an even stronger antigovernment outburst . Rumours began to spread that a full - scale civil war was about to break out , with rival armies supposedly preparing for battle on the outskirts of the capital ...
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... military intervention in the Soviet Republic , but , significantly , among Europe's socialist parties only the Italians participated . On 3 September 1919 , embittered nationalists led by Gabriele D'Annunzio occupied Fiume in an act of ...
... military intervention in the Soviet Republic , but , significantly , among Europe's socialist parties only the Italians participated . On 3 September 1919 , embittered nationalists led by Gabriele D'Annunzio occupied Fiume in an act of ...
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... military coup in Rome in December 1971 led by the ex - military commander , Valerio Borghese , in what was yet another sign of Italy's growing destabilisation.48 Terrorist activity increased throughout the early 1970s with a series of ...
... military coup in Rome in December 1971 led by the ex - military commander , Valerio Borghese , in what was yet another sign of Italy's growing destabilisation.48 Terrorist activity increased throughout the early 1970s with a series of ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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