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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The “ success of the PCI is , of course , a relative term for it has not held
government office since 1947 , nor does it look ... However , political success and
influence cannot be measured purely in terms of parliamentary seats or the
capture of ...
The “ success of the PCI is , of course , a relative term for it has not held
government office since 1947 , nor does it look ... However , political success and
influence cannot be measured purely in terms of parliamentary seats or the
capture of ...
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Explaining the Success of the PCI Against this background of European
communist parties in decline and disarray the PCI – virtually alone among the old
parties of the Third International – has survived intact . But how have the Italian ...
Explaining the Success of the PCI Against this background of European
communist parties in decline and disarray the PCI – virtually alone among the old
parties of the Third International – has survived intact . But how have the Italian ...
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The Italian Communist Party has set out on uncharted waters on a course that will
steer it toward either division and decline or further political success and the
leadership of a realigned Italian Left . Its avowed objective is to break the pattern
of ...
The Italian Communist Party has set out on uncharted waters on a course that will
steer it toward either division and decline or further political success and the
leadership of a realigned Italian Left . Its avowed objective is to break the pattern
of ...
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Contents
and 2 viiiix | 2 |
The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
Copyright | |
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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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