WHAT IS...STALINISM?
WHAT IS...STALINISM?
Author(s): Kyu-hyun JoSubject(s): Political history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: Stalin; Stalinism; personality cult; Communism; society;
Summary/Abstract: I argue that a reconciliation and an eclectic synthesis in defining Stalinism are not only possible but necessary because what made Stalinism uniquely and controversially a political and socio- cultural phenomenon was Stalin's assignment of a human face to Communism, or an effort to literally personify Communism as himself. He thereby perverted Communism into a societal fad of blindly worshipping him instead of being a purely economic ideology faithful to its fundamental task of providing "everyone according to their own needs."
Journal: Revista Română de Studii Eurasiatice
- Issue Year: 20/2024
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 85-102
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
