The "Invisible shining" : the cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 / / Balázs Apor

• Autore: Apor Balázs
• Pubblicazione: Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 943.9052092
• Soggetto topico: Cults - Political aspects - Hungary - History - 20th century; Public opinion - Hungary - History - 20th century; Communism - Hungary - History - 20th century; Nationalism - Hungary - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Hungary Politics and government 1945-1989
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The "Invisible shining"
• ISBN: 963-386-193-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910466410503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II