Anticommunism and the sacralization of politics in Christian Democratic culture: a contribution

In the post-war period, the rise of an international bipolar system compelled a strong ideological hardening of the political struggle between competing communism and anti-communism. The political conflict became a “clash of civilizations” and affected the overall vision of human life. The process of secularization, the crisis of positivism, the spread of the philosophy of action, the emergence of the masses on the political scene, and the evolution of technical knowledge require a drastic reconsideration of our understanding of political action, communication, and relations between elites and masses. In this perspective, the article analyzes the quality of the Christian Democratic anticommunism.