Communism and anti-Communism in early Cold War Italy: Language, symbols and myths

by Andrea Mariuzzo

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526121875
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	07/05/2018
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Andrea Mariuzzo is a Researcher in Contemporary History at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy

Table of 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