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Author-Name: Roberto Lampa
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Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Macerata - Dipartimento di Studi sullo Sviluppo Economico
Title: Different destinies in assonant circumstances: Marx's reception in Italy and Spain (1870-1923) 
Abstract: Despite the identical levels of industrialization and the assonant political contexts, Marx’s reception
in Italy and Spain was completely different and showed no reciprocal influences. The Italian works
analysed crucial topics of Marx’s theory and highlighted a thorough knowledge of the texts, whereas 
an out-and-out Spanish debate on Marx never occurred. However, such a result can be regarded a
predictable consequence of the material conditions under which the Spanish analysis of Marx took
place. Conversely, it highlights the substance and the exceptionality of the Italian debate, thus putting
in perspective the primary critical conclusions regarding Marx’s reception in Italy. In spite of Italy’s
economic marginality, the extraordinary richness of its cultural climate produced the ‘miracle’ of a
flourishing Marxism, which effectively lasted until the fascist regime
Classification-JEL: A11, B14, B30 
Keywords: Karl Marx; Das Kapital; works reception; Italy and Spain 
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 11-36
Volume: 18
Issue: 2
Year: 2010
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201006302&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:18:y:2010:2:1:p:11-36