The invisible shining : the cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 /

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This book offers a detailed analysis of the construction, reception and eventual decline of the cult of the Hungarian Communist Party Secretary, Mátyás Rákosi, one of the most striking examples of orchestrated adulation in the Soviet bloc. While his cult never approached the magnitude of that of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Apor, Balázs (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Rákosi, Mátyás, > 1892-1971 > Public opinion.
Rákosi, Mátyás, > 1892-1971 > Influence.
Rákosi, Mátyás, > 1892-1971.
1900-1999
Cults > Political aspects > Hungary > History > 20th century.
Public opinion > Hungary > History > 20th century.
Communism > Hungary > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Hungary > History > 20th century.
Opinion publique > Hongrie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nationalisme > Hongrie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Communism.
Cults > Political aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Nationalism.
Politics and government.
Public opinion.
Hungary > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Hongrie > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Hungary.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Stalinist leader cult : origins, interpretations, and functions
  • Part I. The construction of the cult
  • The chronology of cult construction (1925-1953)
  • The institutions and agents of cult construction
  • "The biography is a very serious issue" : the role of biographies in constructing the Rákosi cult
  • "He was created by a thousand years" : nationalism and the leader cult
  • "Comrade Rákosi lives with us" : the visual and the spatial aspects of the Rákosi cult
  • Part II. Responses to the cult's expansion
  • "Love for Comrade Rákosi has become deeper" : the communicative influence of the cult
  • "Death to Uncle Rákosi!" : negative perceptions of the cult
  • Ignorance is bliss : popular indifference and the shortcomings of communist propaganda
  • Part III. The dismantling of the cult
  • The "new course" and the decay of the Rákosi cult, 1953-1956
  • The collapse of the Rákosi cult.

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