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Sanctity is the very essence of political power, which needs its own rituals, myths, and symbols. This sacred nimbus confirms the authority of the ruler, making it unusual, mysterious and – as a result – untouchable.
Monika Milewska
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Personality Cult or a Mere Matter of Popularity? [PDF]
AbstractThis paper introduces a theoretical model for distinguishing between mere popularity and personality cults as there currently is an inflated use of the personality cult concept, especially in news media, attaching it to significantly different phenomena.
Anne-Mette Sundahl
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Rosyjski mit władzy a kult jednostki [PDF]
The considerations in this paper focus upon the Russian idea of which consequence and extension is mythology of the Soviet times. We refer to the myths of tsarist Russia and to a specific relation to the authorities in Russia.
Martyna Kowalska
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Prishvin about Stalin’s Cult of Personality: Notes of Contemporary
The novelty of the study is seen in the unexplored question about Prishvin’s attitude to Stalin’s cult of personality. The evolution of the writer’s views on the role of Stalin in the establishment and development of the Soviet state is considered based ...
A. M. Podoksenov
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Nicolae Ceauşescu’s last working visit in Timiş County (September 14–15, 1988) [PDF]
On September 14th and September 15th, 1988, Nicolae Ceauşescu, accompanied by Elena Ceauşescu and other communist dignitaries, made his last working visit to Timiş County, on the occasion of the opening of the new school year.
Vasile Rămneanțu
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Elena Ceauşescu’s personality cult and Romanian television [PDF]
Elena Ceauşescu, spouse of the Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, generated in the 1980s a gigantic homage industry, as she was the object of a personality cult as strong as that of her husband’s. This paper briefly outlines the origin
Sorescu-Marinković Annemarie
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Personality Cults from a Communicative Standpoint
Drawing upon a wide variety of personality cults in religion, culture and politics from Ancient Egypt to our times, the author attempts to present a summary view of this phenomenon from a communicative standpoint.
Kirill Postoutenko
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KREIRANJE VIZUELNE PREDSTAVE I PROPAGANDNE SLIKE JOSIPA BROZA TITA. PRILOG PROUČAVANJU IZGRADNJE KULTA LIČNOSTI [PDF]
The shaping of Tito’s cult went through various phases and changed in the rhythm of dynamic social changes. The image of Tito is systematically, organized and patiently revived through the media, educational and scientific system, party and wider social ...
Srđan Cvetković
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In the wake of the recent publications on the centrality of culture in the Fascist totalitarian project, this issue examines Mussolini’s relationship to the arts and vice versa more specifically, probing the aesthetic and political aspects of ...
Patricia Gaborik +2 more
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Political Soviet posters and modern multimodal texts: cognitive experience in the process of perception and categorization of reality [PDF]
In the work, the attempt to identify the features of the interaction of signs of different semiotic systems in the context of multimodal texts, which are considered as a special information construct and are perceived through the visual communication ...
Dinara R. Mukhametshina +1 more
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