From Political Enemy to Profane Reality: the Friend-Enemy Relation in the Political Ideology of Italian Communists
The ‘friend–enemy’ relation represented an essential ideological mainstay
of the thought and action of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in the years of
republican Italy. This relation goes back to the aftermath of World War I when
Soviet communism became established as a global revolutionary movement.
The PCI’s strategy of delegitimation of political opponents underwent substantial
changes over the years of republican Italy. The long period spanning Togliatti and
Berlinguer’s leadership of the party saw a change in political culture destined