Images of Dictatorship
Title | Images of Dictatorship PDF eBook |
Author | Rosalind Marsh |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2017-04-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781138703650 |
Originally published in 1989, this book presented the first study of the image of Stalin in literature. Analysing the literary presentaiton of historical character and the treatment of 20th Century tyrants in European prose fiction, the book draws a comparison between the depiction of Hitler in German literature and Stalin in Russian literature. It explores the way in which Stalin has been portrayed by Soviet, emigr¿ussian, and European writers including Orwell, Nabokov, Mandelstam, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn. It examines in detail two important novels which had hitherto received little critical attention: the revised (1978) version of Sozhenitsyn's The First Circle and Anatoly Rybakov's Children of the Arbat. This book will be of interest to students of Soviet/Russian literature, history and politics and those intsted in the relationship between history and fiction in the 20th Century.
Images of Dictatorship
Title | Images of Dictatorship PDF eBook |
Author | Rosalind Marsh |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2017-04-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1351762028 |
Originally published in 1989, this book presented the first study of the image of Stalin in literature. Analysing the literary presentaiton of historical character and the treatment of 20th Century tyrants in European prose fiction, the book draws a comparison between the depiction of Hitler in German literature and Stalin in Russian literature. It explores the way in which Stalin has been portrayed by Soviet, emigré Russian, and European writers including Orwell, Nabokov, Mandelstam, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn. It examines in detail two important novels which had hitherto received little critical attention: the revised (1978) version of Sozhenitsyn's The First Circle and Anatoly Rybakov's Children of the Arbat. This book will be of interest to students of Soviet/Russian literature, history and politics and those intsted in the relationship between history and fiction in the 20th Century.
Making Sense of Dictatorship
Title | Making Sense of Dictatorship PDF eBook |
Author | Celia Donert |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2022-03-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9633864283 |
How did political power function in the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe after 1945? Making Sense of Dictatorship addresses this question with a particular focus on the acquiescent behavior of the majority of the population until, at the end of the 1980s, their rejection of state socialism and its authoritarian world. The authors refer to the concept of Sinnwelt, the way in which groups and individuals made sense of the world around them. The essays focus on the dynamics of everyday life and the extent to which the relationship between citizens and the state was collaborative or antagonistic. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of life in this period, including modernization, consumption and leisure, and the everyday experiences of “ordinary people,” single mothers, or those adopting alternative lifestyles. Empirically rich and conceptually original, the essays in this volume suggest new ways to understand how people make sense of everyday life under dictatorial regimes.
From Dictatorship to Democracy
Title | From Dictatorship to Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Sharp |
Publisher | Albert Einstein Institution |
Pages | 85 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1880813092 |
A serious introduction to the use of nonviolent action to topple dictatorships. Based on the author's study, over a period of forty years, on non-violent methods of demonstration, it was originally published in 1993 in Thailand for distribution among Burmese dissidents.
The Dictator's Handbook
Title | The Dictator's Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Bueno de Mesquita |
Publisher | Public Affairs |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2011-09-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 161039044X |
Explains the theory of political survival, particularly in cases of dictators and despotic governments, arguing that political leaders seek to stay in power using any means necessary, most commonly by attending to the interests of certain coalitions.
Dictatorship in the Modern World
Title | Dictatorship in the Modern World PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Ford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1935-08-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780816671489 |
Dictatorship in the Modern World was first published in 1935. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions."The wisdom of the ages turned on the problem of the hour," says Charles A. Beard of this thoughtful and thought-provoking volume. Fourteen scholars, American and European, under the guidance of the president of a great university (himself a distinguished historian) have cooperated to provide a cool and dispassionate survey such as only the historical approach can give. Here is a world view, a balanced presentation, covering more aspects of the problem of dictatorship than have been brought together in any other single volume.
Making the World Safe for Dictatorship
Title | Making the World Safe for Dictatorship PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Dukalskis |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0197520138 |
Making the World Safe for Dictatorship is about how authoritarian states manage their image abroad using both "promotional" tactics of persuasion and "obstructive" tactics of repression. All states attempt to manage their global image to some degree, but authoritarian states in the post-Cold War era have special incentives to do so given the predominance of democracy as an international norm. Alexander Dukalskis looks at the tactics that authoritarian states use for image management and the ways in which their strategies vary from one state to another. Moreover, Dukalskis looks at the degree to which some authoritarian states succeed in using image management to enhance their internal and external security, and, in turn, to make their world safe for dictatorship.