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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... progress and leading the struggle against capitalism . It is this ' vanguard mentality ' perhaps more than any other factor that seems to characterise the shared PCI world - view . The simple interpretation is that this is a residue of ...
... progress and leading the struggle against capitalism . It is this ' vanguard mentality ' perhaps more than any other factor that seems to characterise the shared PCI world - view . The simple interpretation is that this is a residue of ...
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... progress achieved in those ' popular democracies liber- ated by the Red Army ' . These courses portrayed the world , in black - and - white terms , as falling into two camps ; ' the democratic , socialist bloc of peace , freedom and ...
... progress achieved in those ' popular democracies liber- ated by the Red Army ' . These courses portrayed the world , in black - and - white terms , as falling into two camps ; ' the democratic , socialist bloc of peace , freedom and ...
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... Progress . Lenin , V. I. ( 1915 ; 1978 ) Imperialism : The Highest Stage of Capitalism , Moscow , Progress . Lenin V. I. ( 1917 ; 1968 ) ' The State and Revolution ' , in Lenin : Selected Works , London , Lawrence & Wishart , pp . 264 ...
... Progress . Lenin , V. I. ( 1915 ; 1978 ) Imperialism : The Highest Stage of Capitalism , Moscow , Progress . Lenin V. I. ( 1917 ; 1968 ) ' The State and Revolution ' , in Lenin : Selected Works , London , Lawrence & Wishart , pp . 264 ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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