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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... vanguard ' fighting for social 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 ...
... vanguard ' fighting for social 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 ...
Page 184
... vanguard ' against the more orthodox and conservative mass membership . It is unmistakably a story of reform from above , or , as Tiersky ( 1985 : 101 ) put it , a policy of ' decommunisation ' which ' has dared not speak its name ... a ...
... vanguard ' against the more orthodox and conservative mass membership . It is unmistakably a story of reform from above , or , as Tiersky ( 1985 : 101 ) put it , a policy of ' decommunisation ' which ' has dared not speak its name ... a ...
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... vanguard only as a democratically recognised force . This means that its status should not be imposed through constitutional endorsement.11 This meant , among other things , abolition of Article Six of the Soviet consti- tution , which ...
... vanguard only as a democratically recognised force . This means that its status should not be imposed through constitutional endorsement.11 This meant , among other things , abolition of Article Six of the Soviet consti- tution , which ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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