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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... remained totalitarian and subservient to Soviet interests . " - - Emotions were particularly aroused in 1976 when the Italian Communist Party , the pioneer of Eurocommunism , captured 34.4 per cent of the vote and seemed to be on the ...
... remained totalitarian and subservient to Soviet interests . " - - Emotions were particularly aroused in 1976 when the Italian Communist Party , the pioneer of Eurocommunism , captured 34.4 per cent of the vote and seemed to be on the ...
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... remained high , the economy was depressed and political tensions threatened major instability . Much of Europe appeared to be charged with revolution . Army veterans returning from the war carried home with them advanced democratic , if ...
... remained high , the economy was depressed and political tensions threatened major instability . Much of Europe appeared to be charged with revolution . Army veterans returning from the war carried home with them advanced democratic , if ...
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... remained plebeian in character . The description given by Amyot ( 1979 ) of early PCI members in Bari portrays this clearly : ' Most cadres were ill - educated and had a very sche- matic political outlook : they saw the major actors in ...
... remained plebeian in character . The description given by Amyot ( 1979 ) of early PCI members in Bari portrays this clearly : ' Most cadres were ill - educated and had a very sche- matic political outlook : they saw the major actors in ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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