Ultimate freedom - no choice

Titel: Ultimate freedom - no choice : the culture of authoritarianism in Latvia, 1934 - 1940 / by Deniss Hanovs and Valdis Tēraudkalns
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Veröffentlicht: Leiden : Brill, 2013
Umfang: X, 272 Seiten : Illustrationen
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Central and Eastern Europe ; 2
Einheitssachtitel: Laiks, telpa, vadonis
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ISBN: 9004243550 ; 9789004243552
  • List of Illustrations
  • p. ix
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • 1
  • The Beginning: How Was The Coup Presented Back Then?
  • p. 21
  • Inter-War Latvia-Prehistory of the Coup, Its Context
  • p. 21
  • Why the Coup Is Not a Coup, but Salvation?
  • p. 26
  • Ulmanis in Foreign Media: The Times
  • p. 34
  • 2
  • Genesis of a Political Myth-An Official Turns into Vadonis
  • p. 39
  • 3
  • Staging Atdzim¿anas Dziesma-Technologies of Authoritarian Culture Policy
  • p. 53
  • How Does One Stage the Principle of Authoritarianism? Staging of a Mass Performance as a Political Program
  • p. 53
  • "Atdzimsanas Dziesma will invite every Latvian to serve his nation and country by obeying the Vadonis." What is the Performance Going to Reveal?
  • p. 60
  • "Atdzim¿anas Dziesma depicts the fate of Latvian people". Staging as a Liturgy of Authoritarianism. The Vadonis as a Priest and Actor
  • p. 69
  • 4
  • "Another Land": Latgale Region in the Discourse of Ulmanis' Authoritarian Regime on the Unity of the Nation
  • p. 79
  • Political Performance as a Staging of Unanimity
  • p. 79
  • Latgale: The Symbolic Stepchild and Bride
  • p. 82
  • Latgalians and Ethnic Unity
  • p. 85
  • Latgalians and Ethnic Diversity-The Other in the New Political Culture
  • p. 91
  • Answers of Latgale's Media
  • p. 93
  • The Education Law and the Technology of the Melting Pot
  • p. 94
  • Daugavpils Vienibas Nams-A Building as a Political Message
  • p. 99
  • 5
  • The Leader, The Enemy, War and Celebration-Authoritarianism Practices Compared: Stalin and Ulmanis in Latvia's Authoritarian Culture
  • p. 109
  • USSR: The Land of Workers and Violence. A Dual Perception
  • p. 109
  • Cultural Practices of European Dictatorships in the 30s
  • p. 117
  • Stalin and Ulmanis: A Functional Comparison of Leaders
  • p. 123
  • The Enemy: Communism and the Clash of Civilizations
  • p. 133
  • Moscow Trials-The Globalized Political Show of the 30s
  • p. 147
  • 6
  • Date and Place: A Celebration of Authoritarianism in Rezekne and Riga
  • p. 156
  • "The Harvest Booster"-K Ulmanis as a Hero of Cyclical Time in Sveta Zeme Show
  • p. 158
  • 18 November as a Continuation of 15 May. The Course of Celebration on 18 November 1938
  • p. 164
  • 7
  • "New Riga": The City as an Instrument of Authoritarian Ideology
  • p. 185
  • Aesthetization of Ulmanis' Ideology: Key Tendencies and International Context
  • p. 185
  • Ulmanis' Riga
  • p. 190
  • Uzvaras Laukums-A Spatial Self-Reference
  • p. 202
  • 8
  • Authoritarianism and the Church: Attempts to Develop Latvian Christianity in 1920s and 1930s
  • p. 219
  • The Relationship Policy between the Church and the State during Ulmanis' Regime
  • p. 219
  • The Church: In Supranational Content and National Form
  • p. 230
  • Ideas Expressed by the Radical Wing of Latvianizers of the Church
  • p. 238
  • Conclusion
  • p. 247
  • Literature
  • p. 255
  • Index
  • p. 269