LEADER 05617nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910822116803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-04-24464-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000328530 035 $a(EBL)1115566 035 $a(OCoLC)827208565 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822648 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464478 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822648 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10756897 035 $a(PQKB)10500849 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1115566 035 $a(OCoLC)826685201 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004244641 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1115566 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10649295 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL429210 035 $a(PPN)174396066 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000328530 100 $a20121204d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUltimate freedom-- no choice$b[electronic resource] $ethe culture of authoritarianism in Latvia, 1934-1940 /$fby Deniss Hanovs & Valdis Te?raudkalns ; [translator, Laura Bleidere] 210 $aLeiden $cBrill$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 225 0 $aCentral and Eastern Europe : regional perspectives in global context,$x1877-8550 ;$vv. 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-24355-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter one. The beginning : how was the coup presented back then? -- Inter-war Latvia : prehistory of the coup, its context -- Why the coup is not a coup, but salvation? -- Ulmanis in foreign media : the Times -- Chapter two. Genesis of a political myth : an official turns into Vadonis -- Chapter three. Staging Atdzims?anas Dziesma : technologies of authoritarianism cultural policy -- How does one stage the principle of authoritarianism? staging of a mass performance as a political program -- "Atdzims?anas Dziesma will invite every Latvian to serve his nation and country by obeying Vadonis" : what is the staging going to say? -- "Atdzims?anas Dziesma depicts the fate of the Latvian people : staging as a liturgy of authoritarianism, Vadonis as a priest and actor -- Chapter four. "Another land" : Latgale region in the discourse of Ulmanis' authoritarian regime on the unity of the nation -- Political performance as a staging of unanimity -- Latgale : the symbolic stepchild and bride -- Latgalians and ethnic unity -- Latgalians and ethnic diversity : the other in the new political culture -- Answers of Latgale's media -- The education law and the technology of the melting pot -- Daugavpils Vieni?bas Nams : a building as a political message -- Chapter five. The leader, the enemy, war and celebration : authoritarianism practices compared : Stalin and Ulmanis in Latvia's authoritarian culture -- USSR--the land of workers and violence : a dual perception -- Cultural practices of European dictatorships in the 30s -- Stalin and Ulmanis : a functional comparison of leaders -- The enemy : communism and the war of civilizations -- Moscow trials--the globalized political show of the 30s -- Chapter six. Date and place : a celebration of authoritarianism in Re?zekne and Riga -- "The harvest booster" : K. Ulmanis as a hero of cyclical time in Sve?ta Zeme spectacle -- 18 November as a continuation of 15 May : the course of celebration on 18 November 1938 -- Chapter seven. "New Riga" : the city as an instrument of authoritarian ideology -- Aesthetization of Ulmanis' ideology : key tendencies and international context -- Ulman Riga -- The Uzvaras laukums : a spatial self-reference -- Chapter eight. Authoritarianism and the Church : attempts to develop Latvian Christianity in 1920s and 1930s -- The relationship policy between the Church and the state under Ulmanis' regime -- The Church : in supranational content and national form -- Ideas expressed by the radical wing of Latvianizers of the Church -- Conclusion. 330 $aThe Republic of Latvia is a fascinating mirror of the development of European democratic culture and reflects both the rise of democracy in Eastern Europe after the end of World War I and its deterioration into authoritarianism in the early 1930's. The regime, which lasted for only six years (1934-1940), was shaped by the controversial figure of Prime Minister and Leader of the People (Vadonis) Karlis Ulmanis. This new, archive-based study illustrates the development of authoritarianism in the region, shows controversies and similarities and places the regime's leader in the international context of European authoritarian culture. 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