Communism and Anti-Communism in Early Cold War Italy : Language, Symbols and Myths

Mariuzzo, Andrea

Manchester University Press（2018/07発売）

Manchester University Press（2018/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781526121875
• DDC分類 945.092

Full Description

The struggle in projects, ideas and symbols between the strongest Communist Party in the West and an anti-communist and pro-Western government coalition was the most peculiar founding element of Italian democratic political system after World War II.
Communism and anti-Communism in early Cold War Italy enlightens new aspects of and players of the anti-Communist 'front'. It takes into account the role of cultural associations, newspapers and the popular press in the selection and diffusion of critical judgements and images of Communism, highlighting a dimension that explains the force and the diffusion of anti-communist opinions in Italy after 1989 and the crisis of traditional parties. The author also places the case of Italian cold-war anti-communism in an international context for the first time.

Contents

Introduction
1. Systems and methods for political communication in post-war Italy
2. Religious and moral values
3. Freedom and democracy
4. The fatherland, the Italian nation and its role in the world
5. Towards a legitimation of prosperity?
Index