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Transformism (from the Italian word Trasformismo) is a historical term used to describe the formation of a hegemonic liberal government with the participation of converted members of both left-wing and right-wing parties in the years ater the Italian unification (1880s).[1].
Gramsci discerns two phases of Italian transformism:
- Molecular transformism (1860-1900), whereby political figures from the democratic opposition parties converted individually to the conservative-moderate political framework, accepting its hegemony and aversion to the participation of the masses in state life.[1]
- Group transformism (1900 - circa 1922), whereby entire groups of leftists convert to the moderate camp.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Antonio Gramsci (2001). Selections from Prison Notebooks: 'On Italian History' (pp. 213-214). The Electric Book Company. ISBN 1843271192