LEADER 04062nam 2200577 450 001 9910797095103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a963-386-193-4 035 $a(CKB)3840000000350802 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5217294 035 $a(OCoLC)974794892 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse60052 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5217294 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11497169 035 $a(DE-B1597)633276 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633861936 035 $a(OCoLC)1338020791 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000350802 100 $a20180209h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 15$aThe "Invisible shining" $ethe cult of Ma?tya?s Ra?kosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 /$fBala?zs Apor 210 1$aBudapest, Hungary ;$aNew York, New York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2017. 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (417 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a963-386-192-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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 Ra?kosi cult -- "He was created by a thousand years" : nationalism and the leader cult -- "Comrade Ra?kosi lives with us" : the visual and the spatial aspects of the Ra?kosi cult -- Part II. Responses to the cult's expansion -- "Love for Comrade Ra?kosi has become deeper" : the communicative influence of the cult -- "Death to Uncle Ra?kosi!" : 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 Ra?kosi cult, 1953-1956 -- The collapse of the Ra?kosi cult. 330 $aThis 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 Stalin, Rákosi?s ambition to outshine the other ?best disciples? and become the best of the best was manifest in his diligence in promoting a Soviet-type ritual system in Hungary. The main argument of The Invisible Shining is that the cult of personality is not just a curious aspect of communist dictatorship, it is an essential element of it. The monograph is primarily concerned with techniques and methods of cult construction, as well as the role various institutions played in the creation of mythical representations of political figures. While engaging with a wider international literature on Stalinist cults, the author uses the case of Rákosi to explore how personality cults are created, how such cults are perceived, and how they are eventually unmade. The book addresses the success?generally questionable?of such projects, as well as their uncomfortable legacies. 606 $aCults$xPolitical aspects$zHungary$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zHungary$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunism$zHungary$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNationalism$zHungary$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aHungary$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 610 $a1956 Revolution, 20th century, Communism, Hungary, Personality cult, Political studies. 615 0$aCults$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 676 $a943.9052092 700 $aApor$b Bala?zs$01535209 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797095103321 996 $aThe "Invisible shining"$93783275 997 $aUNINA