Lo storicismo marxista nell’Italia degli anni Settanta

The article focuses on Marxist historicism in Italy in the 1970s. In the first part, the attempts of communist intellectuals to historicize the decade of the 1960s are analysed. The second part examines the criticisms and historicizations of historicism itself. The last part deals with the PCI’s problem of overcoming the crisis of historicism through the adoption of a new theoretical basis and a new political strategy.