LEADER 03772nam 22005774a 450 001 9910819584403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03432-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674034327 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805472 035 $a(OCoLC)456207707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10326149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000104515 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130411 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104515 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084959 035 $a(PQKB)11560689 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326149 035 $a(OCoLC)923111338 035 $a(DE-B1597)574539 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674034327 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805472 100 $a20021231d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aApostles and agitators $eItaly's Marxist revolutionary tradition /$fRichard Drake 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-01036-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tChapter 1 Karl Marx: The Word --$tChapter 2 Carlo Cafiero: Prophet of Anarchist Communism --$tChapter 3 Antonio Labriola: The Philosopher of Praxis --$tChapter 4 Arturo Labriola: The Revolutionary Betrayed --$tChapter 5 Benito Mussolini: The Indispensable Revolutionary --$tChapter 6 Amadeo Bordiga: The Revolutionary as Anti-Realpolitiker --$tChapter 7 Antonio Gramsci: The Revolutionary as Centrist --$tChapter 8 Palmiro Togliatti: The Revolutionary as Cultural Impresario --$tCoda: Revolution and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aOne of the most controversial questions in Italy today concerns the origins of the political terror that ravaged the country from 1969 to 1984, when the Red Brigades, a Marxist revolutionary organization, intimidated, maimed, and murdered on a wide scale. In this timely study of the ways in which an ideology of terror becomes rooted in society, Richard Drake explains the historical character of the revolutionary tradition to which so many ordinary Italians professed allegiance, examining its origins and internal tensions, the men who shaped it, and its impact and legacy in Italy. He illuminates the defining figures who grounded the revolutionary tradition, including Carlo Cafiero, Antonio Labriola, Benito Mussolini, and Antonio Gramsci, and explores the connections between the social disasters of Italy, particularly in the south, and the country's intellectual politics; the brand of "anarchist communism" that surfaced; and the role of violence in the ideology. Though arising from a legitimate sense of moral outrage at desperate conditions, the ideology failed to find the political institutions and ethical values that would end inequalities created by capitalism. In a chilling coda, Drake recounts the recent murders of the economists Massimo D'Antona and Marco Biagi by the new Red Brigades, whose Internet justification for the killings is steeped in the Marxist revolutionary tradition. 606 $aSocialism$zItaly$xHistory 606 $aCommunism$zItaly$xHistory 615 0$aSocialism$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory. 676 $a335.43/092/245 700 $aDrake$b Richard$f1942-$01643763 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819584403321 996 $aApostles and agitators$94025036 997 $aUNINA