An edition of Politics and Symbols (1996)

Politics & symbols

the Italian Communist Party and the fall of communism

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An edition of Politics and Symbols (1996)

Politics & symbols

the Italian Communist Party and the fall of communism

In the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and with the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe collapsing, Italian Communist Party (PCI) head Achille Occhetto shocked his party in 1989 by insisting that the PCI jettison its old name and become something new. This dramatic book tells of the ensuing struggle within the PCI, which at the time was Italy's second-largest party and the most powerful Communist party in the West. David I.

Kertzer's vivid depiction of the conflict brings to life the tactics that party factions employed and the anguish of party members for whom Communism was the core of their identity. Kertzer also tells a larger story from an anthropologist's perspective: the story of the importance of symbols, myths, and rituals in modern politics.

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Language
English
Pages
211

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Politics and Symbols: The Italian Communist Party and the Fall of Communism
October 11, 1998, Yale University Press
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Politics & symbols: the Italian Communist Party and the fall of communism
1996, Yale University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-203) and index.

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New Haven
Other Titles
Politics and symbols

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
324.245/075
Library of Congress
JN5657.C63 K47 1996, JN5657.C63K47 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 211 p. ;
Number of pages
211

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL810826M
Internet Archive
politicssymbolsi0000kert
ISBN 10
0300066120
LCCN
95047703
OCLC/WorldCat
33440333
Library Thing
4451797
Goodreads
4750682

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Stretching out into the periphery of Bologna, behind the train station, just beyond the old walls of the city, lies the quartiere of Bolognina (little Bologna).
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