Rinascita
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| Categories | Political magazine |
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| Founder | Palmiro Togliatti |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Final issue | March 1991 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Rome |
| Language | Italian |
| OCLC | 222152942 |
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Rinascita (Italian: Rebirth) was a political and cultural magazine published in Rome, Italy, between 1944 and March 1991. It was one of the media outlets of Italian Communist Party (PCI).
Rinascita was founded in 1944.[1][2] The founder was Palmiro Togliatti, the leader of the PCI.[3][4] He launched the magazine upon his return to Italy from exile in Moscow.[4] He also edited the magazine until his death in 1964.[4] Rinascita, published on a monthly basis, was headquartered in Rome.[2] It was an official organ of the PCI.[2][5][6]
Rinascita was established to serve as an ideological guide for militants and to revive the Marxist movement.[4] It argued that the Communist Party had the most comprehensive vision about the nation's interests.[7] The magazine attempted to develop a synthesis between Gramsci and Stalin.[8] Following the death of Stalin in 1953, Rinascita described him as a perfect Marxist.[9]
One of the frequent topics featured in Rinascita was the resistance against Fascists.[10] It also published a special issue about the resistance, and Gisella Floreanini was among its contributors.[10] The other leading contributors included Carlo Bernardini, Giovanni Berlinguer, Fausto Bertinotti and Giulio Quercini.[11]
From 1962 Rinascita was published weekly.[3][12] In the 1960s the magazine provided detailed analyses on the Sino-Soviet split.[13] During the same period it featured many articles containing discussions about the relationship between socialism and democracy and between state and party.[14] These articles, although written by different authors, commonly concluded that centralized rule, censorship, ideological dogmatism, and administrative coercion should be condemned.[14]
The magazine frequently featured articles on environmental issues in the 1980s.[11] Rinascita temporarily stopped publication due to the low circulation figures in the late 1980s.[15] It was soon relaunched, but again ceased publication in March 1991.[15] Alberto Asor Rosa was the last editor of the magazine.[15]