La Résistance comme référence légitimatrice de la violence. Le cas de l'extrême-gauche italienne, 1969-1974

Abstract

Resistance as legitimation of violence. Tbe case of the italian extreme-left. (1969-1974). Isabelle Sommier. [86-103]. 1969-1974 is the genesis period of the italian armed struggle. It is mainly characterized by the efforts made by the first fighting groups to construct a filiation with the Resistance movement. Their regard to mimesis makes clear the wbole construction of the "cause" of violence and the mobilization of ressources (names, patterns of action). The symbolic struggle between the extreme-left and the PCI can be understood in the same way. The cultural legacy of the PCI isthus claimed, reexamined (and therefore competeted witb) in order to support the armed