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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809172603321

Autore

Gill Graeme J.

Titolo

Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics / / Graeme Gill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22104-8

1-139-06382-0

1-283-11889-0

1-139-07622-1

9786613118899

1-139-08305-8

1-139-07050-9

1-139-07851-8

1-139-08078-4

0-511-79143-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

947.084

Soggetti

Social change - Soviet Union - History

Symbolism in politics - Soviet Union - History

Political customs and rites - Soviet Union - History

Narration (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - Soviet Union - History

Legitimacy of governments - Soviet Union - History

Political culture - Soviet Union - History

Popular culture - Soviet Union - History

Soviet Union Politics and government

Soviet Union Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-351) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ideology, metanarrative, and myth -- Formation of the metanarrative, 1917-1929 -- The Stalinist culture, 1929-1953 -- An everyday vision, 1953-1985 -- The vision implodes, 1985-1991 -- Impact of the metanarrative.

Sommario/riassunto

Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics analyses the way in which



Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in party policy and leaders' speeches, artwork and political posters, and urban redevelopment, and on ritual in the political system. He shows how this symbolism and ritual were worked into a dominant metanarrative which underpinned Soviet political development. Gill also shows how, in each of these spheres, the images changed both over the life of the regime and during particular stages: the Leninist era metanarrative differed from that of the Stalin period, which differed from that of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev periods, which was, in turn, changed significantly under Gorbachev. In charting this development, the book lays bare the dynamics of the Soviet regime and a major reason for its fall.