Eurocommunism
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Eurocommunism was a reformist current within Western European communist parties during the 1970s that sought greater independence from the Soviet Union and embraced more democratic, pluralist, and parliamentary approaches to socialism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eurocommunism canonical | 5 |
| Eurocommunist parties | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Eurocommunism Context triple: [Hoxhaism, opposes, Eurocommunism]
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Western Marxism
Western Marxism is a 20th-century current of Marxist thought, associated with theorists like Herbert Marcuse, that emphasizes culture, philosophy, and critical theory over traditional economic determinism.
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Hoxhaism
Hoxhaism is a staunchly anti-revisionist, orthodox Marxist–Leninist ideology associated with Albanian leader Enver Hoxha, emphasizing strict centralization, self-reliance, and opposition to both Soviet and Chinese deviations from classical communism.
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New Left
The New Left was a broad 1960s–1970s political movement, especially among students and intellectuals in the United States and Western Europe, that emphasized civil rights, participatory democracy, and opposition to the Vietnam War and traditional establishment politics.
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communism
Communism is a socio-economic and political ideology advocating a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are collectively owned and controlled.
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E.
Cominform
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated international communist organization (1947–1956) that coordinated the policies and activities of various European communist parties during the early Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eurocommunism Target entity description: Eurocommunism was a reformist current within Western European communist parties during the 1970s that sought greater independence from the Soviet Union and embraced more democratic, pluralist, and parliamentary approaches to socialism.
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A.
Western Marxism
Western Marxism is a 20th-century current of Marxist thought, associated with theorists like Herbert Marcuse, that emphasizes culture, philosophy, and critical theory over traditional economic determinism.
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B.
Hoxhaism
Hoxhaism is a staunchly anti-revisionist, orthodox Marxist–Leninist ideology associated with Albanian leader Enver Hoxha, emphasizing strict centralization, self-reliance, and opposition to both Soviet and Chinese deviations from classical communism.
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C.
New Left
The New Left was a broad 1960s–1970s political movement, especially among students and intellectuals in the United States and Western Europe, that emphasized civil rights, participatory democracy, and opposition to the Vietnam War and traditional establishment politics.
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D.
communism
Communism is a socio-economic and political ideology advocating a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are collectively owned and controlled.
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E.
Cominform
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated international communist organization (1947–1956) that coordinated the policies and activities of various European communist parties during the early Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
current within communism
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left-wing ideology ⓘ political ideology ⓘ reformist current ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Soviet leadership
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orthodox communist parties ⓘ some revolutionary Marxist groups ⓘ |
| declinedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf |
Cold War
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Western European welfare states ⓘ détente ⓘ |
| emergedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
acceptance of multi-party democracy
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critique of authoritarianism in existing socialist states ⓘ dialogue with social democracy ⓘ distance from Moscow line ⓘ emphasis on national roads to socialism ⓘ opposition to violent revolution in advanced democracies ⓘ rejection of Soviet model of socialism ⓘ support for broad left alliances ⓘ support for civil liberties ⓘ willingness to work within parliamentary systems ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
democratic socialism
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greater independence from the Soviet Union ⓘ parliamentary road to socialism ⓘ political pluralism ⓘ |
| hasMainRegion | Western Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
European left-wing parties
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debates on democratic socialism ⓘ evolution of some communist parties into democratic socialist parties ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Communist Party of France
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surface form:
French Communist Party
Italian Communist Party ⓘ New Left ⓘ Communist Party of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Communist Party
Western parliamentary democracy ⓘ crisis of legitimacy of the Soviet Union ⓘ post-1968 political climate in Europe ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Soviet-style one-party rule
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Stalin era ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
strict democratic centralism as practiced in the USSR ⓘ |
| peakInfluencePeriod | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Italian historic compromise strategy
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democratic socialism ⓘ reform communism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ |
| supported |
electoral competition
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freedom of expression ⓘ human rights ⓘ trade union pluralism ⓘ |
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Subject: Eurocommunism Description of subject: Eurocommunism was a reformist current within Western European communist parties during the 1970s that sought greater independence from the Soviet Union and embraced more democratic, pluralist, and parliamentary approaches to socialism.
Referenced by (6)
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