Daily Archives: March 28, 2012
The Stalin Cult – Between Reality and Representation
I am grateful to Steven Barnes for inviting me to participate in this conversation on Jan Plamper’s fascinating book, The Stalin Cult. As an outsider to the field of Russian studies, I hope my comments will add to the liveliness … Continue reading
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The Stalin Cult
I’d like to thank Steve Barnes for inviting me to take part in this conversation, and to thank and congratulate Jan Plamper for his book. I should say first of all that I consider The Stalin Cult a remarkable and … Continue reading
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The Stalin Cult—Theory, Practice & the ‘Holy Grail of Reception’
I’m pleased to be given the chance to comment on Jan Plamper’s The Stalin Cult, as it is a book that I’ve been waiting to read for some time.[1. The book follows his 2001 dissertation and a 2010 Russian translation … Continue reading
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The Stalin Cult – A Blog Conversation
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-Il, Joseph Stalin. The mere sound of these names conjures up mental images of the personality cult–films, monuments, renamed cities, prose, poetry, and, perhaps most of all, portraiture all designed to raise a … Continue reading
