Editing Enrico Berlinguer (section)

=== Impact on Italian society ===
[[File:Unità addio berlinguer.jpg|thumb|180px|Italian Communists signing the frontpage of ''[[l'Unità]]'' at Berlinguer's funeral]]
As one of the most important figures of the [[First Italian Republic]],<ref name="Paese Sera 2022"/> Berlinguer's impact on Italian society is reflected in references in popular culture,<ref name="Expoitalyonline 2015"/> with a general love, admiration, and respect that transcended political affiliations. Italian actor and director [[Roberto Benigni]] declared publicly his admiration and personal love for Berlinguer. Besides making him the protagonist of the movie ''[[Berlinguer, I Love You]]'', Benigni appeared with Berlinguer during a public political demonstration of the PCI, of which he was a sympathiser.<ref name="Expoitalyonline 2015"/> Italian singer-songwriter [[Antonello Venditti]] posthumously dedicated a song, "Dolce Enrico" ("Sweet Enrico"), to Berlinguer.<ref name="Expoitalyonline 2015"/> Italian [[folk music]] band [[Modena City Ramblers]] wrote a song about Berlinguer's funeral, which was published on their first full-length album ''Riportando tutto a casa'' and was titled "I funerali di Berlinguer".<ref name="Expoitalyonline 2015"/>

An ''[[il Giornale nuovo]]'' article after his death proposed the psychological thesis that Berlinguer was not really loved but that people were forced to admire him and recognise his virtues. His qualities, such as reserve, honesty, seriousness, and puritanical rigour, made him a foreigner at home, and his death freed many people of a burden but also created a sense of guilt that was reflected in collective mourning and tributes from his adversaries.<ref name="Alberoni 2019"/>