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One 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.

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  • Title Apostles and Agitators: Italy's Marxist Revolutionary Tradition
  • Author Richard Drake
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 292
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Publication date 2003-07-28
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9780674010369 / 0674010361
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.56 x 1 in (24.33 x 16.66 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects Socialism - Italy - History, Communism - Italy - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002191344
  • Dewey Decimal Code 335.430

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