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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"cult of personality"”.
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On the Creation of Gods: Lenin’s Image in Stalin’s Cult of Personality
… attempts to explain the continued presence of Vladimir Lenin’s image in Joseph Stalin’s cult of personality in the postwar era, long after the General Secretary no longer had to rely on his predecessor’s image or persona to legitimize his power over the Soviet Union. While the presence of …
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Deconstructing Kimilsungism: A Political and Ideological Analysis of the North Korean Regime
This thesis argues that the North Korean model of government is a unique model that is influenced, to varying degrees, by extreme leftist and rightist doctrines, including Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, fascism, and Nazism; and shares at least some similarities with all these established …
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The Individual after Stalin: Fedor Abramov, Russian Intellectuals, and the Revitalization of Soviet Socialism, 1953-1962
This dissertation examines the effort of Russian writers to reform Soviet socialism in the first decade after Joseph Stalin's death. My departure point is the idea that the Soviet experiment was about the creation not only of a new socio-economic system, but also of a New Man. According to the …
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The unifying Habsburg Monarchy? Franz Joseph and the Bohemian Crownlands, 1867-1916
Franz Joseph’s reign, one of the longest in European history, spanned from the Revolutions of 1848 to the midst of the First World War. Throughout this time, many among his subjects altered their perception of Franz Joseph from a reactionary absolutist to a benevolent patriarch. This dissertation …
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Creating the Leader-centred Modernity: the birth of the successor in North Korea
This dissertation examines the history of political succession in the professedly socialist state of North Korea. Against the backdrop of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the general disillusionment with socialist ideals, I examine how North Korea self-consciously bypassed the transience of the …