Meaning of gattopardism | Babel Free

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The creation of political reforms that are only apparent rather than substantial.

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“To sum up, the old principle of leaving things as they are, the worst forms of transformism and gattopardism, the prevalence of diplomacy over politics, of Guicciardini over Machiavelli, to quote Gramsci, crushed any real possibility of innovation in Europe.”

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