Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : an Anthropological PerspectiveCrispen 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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25 A major influence on Party recruits was the PCI ' s prestige gained during the
partisan struggle . Anti - Fascism was the great appeal of communist identity .
Communism , it seemed , was the only force in Italy that had stood up to
Mussolini ...
25 A major influence on Party recruits was the PCI ' s prestige gained during the
partisan struggle . Anti - Fascism was the great appeal of communist identity .
Communism , it seemed , was the only force in Italy that had stood up to
Mussolini ...
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... highlighted the problem : The territorial section is perfectly adequate for a type
of political struggle , such as that during ... when the task of the Party becomes
that of promoting and leading a collection of movements for specific struggles ( e
...
... highlighted the problem : The territorial section is perfectly adequate for a type
of political struggle , such as that during ... when the task of the Party becomes
that of promoting and leading a collection of movements for specific struggles ( e
...
Page 168
... to take second place to revo lutionary struggle ; secondly , that where the class
struggle had reached a ' critical phase ' ... a system of command that would give
total authority to the organisation leading and directing that struggle ; and thirdly ...
... to take second place to revo lutionary struggle ; secondly , that where the class
struggle had reached a ' critical phase ' ... a system of command that would give
total authority to the organisation leading and directing that struggle ; and thirdly ...
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Contents
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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| Title | Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : an Anthropological Perspective |
| Author | Cris Shore |
| Publisher | Pluto Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 074530334X, 9780745303345 |
| Length | 246 pages |
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