Banalitatea puterii
The Banality of Power
Author(s): Wole SoyinkaSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: Hannah Arendt; Hitler; Pol Pot; Idi Amin; Sanni Abacha (Nigeria); torţionari; generalul Guei (Coasta de Fildeş); Miloşevici; Ceauşescu; Sierra Leone; Gbagbo; Pinochet; Sergeant Doe; Stalin; «Sfîntul Imperiu Rus»; Frontul Islamic din Algeria; regele; preot
Summary/Abstract: An essay by the Nigerian Nobel Laureate (1986) in which the author makes a comparative analysis of repressive regimes and dictators of Africa, Asia and Europe (among which Ceauşescu). Regardless of the claimed legitimacy, power looks today «more like an ordinary masquerade», concludes the author.
Journal: Lettre Internationale - Ediţia română
- Issue Year: 2002
- Issue No: 43
- Page Count: 1
- Language: Romanian
