Trasformismo is a historical form of passive revolution

Evidence

See too Gramsci’s note (Ris. p. 157) entitled Il trasformismo : “Transformism as one of the historical forms of what has already been noted about ‘revolution-restoration’ or ‘passive revolution’, with respect to the process of formation of a modern State in Italy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1874

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explicitly links trasformismo to Gramsci’s revolution-restoration/passive revolution concept.
• XREF: Links directly to the passive revolution concept central to later critical theory of state formation; carries into how ruling blocs absorb anti-colonial or anti-racist critique.