Stalin in 1938
Political Defeat Behind the Rhetorical Apotheosis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11050148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gábor T Rittersporn (corresponding author), G Rittersporn |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 1980 |
| Issue | 46 |
| Pages | 6-42 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/1280046006 |
| OpenAlex | W2327126940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
An almost universally accepted axiom of every interpretation of recent Soviet history, whatever its theoretical or ideological premises, is the concept of “Stalinism” — a concept describing a period of 15 years of domination by the arbitrary and omnipotent will of a bloody dictator. Most Sovietologists agree that during the Great Purge of 1936-1938, Stalin succeeded in eliminating his last adversaries and in extending an almost total hegemony over the Soviet state and society. This concept of “Stalinism,” though rarely defined precisely and often reduced to a vague synonym of “autocracy” or “tyranny,” came to describe everything that happened in the USSR during the last fifteen years of Stalin's life
Apotheosis · Art · Autocracy · Democracy · Dictator · Epistemology · Hegemony · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |