Constructing Political Identities in Public Discourse of Stalin Era | The mechanism of the cult of the leadership in construction of "Soviet people"

Andreas Ventsel

ISBN 10: 3846538655 / ISBN 13: 9783846538654

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

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Constructing Political Identities in Public Discourse of Stalin Era | The mechanism of the cult of the leadership in construction of "Soviet people" | Andreas Ventsel | Taschenbuch | 104 S. | Englisch | 2017 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783846538654 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Political Identities in Public Discourse of Stalin Era | The mechanism of the cult of the leadership in construction of "Soviet people"
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3846538655
• ISBN 13: 9783846538654
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 7D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 173 grams
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The book "CONSTRUCTING POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE OF STALIN ERA. The mechanism of the cult of the leadership in construction of "Soviet people"" focuses on the problem of political identities. How these were created by power in public media on the period 1940-1953, it began with the occupation of the Republic of Estonia by the Soviet Union and ended with the death of Stalin. The theoretical goal of this book is to create a theoretical-conceptual framework, based on the idea of an I-centred constitution of the pronoun “we” as put forth by the French linguist Émile Benveniste. Latter is further developed with the conception of “the people” drawn from Ernesto Laclau, one of today’s most renowned theorists of hegemony and the leading figure of the Essex school of discourse theory, and Juri Lotman’s ideas in semiotics of culture. The analyzed material is composed of the largest daily newspapers Päevaleht (issues from 1938, 1939 and 1940) and Rahva Hääl (issues from 1940 to 1941 and issues from 1944 to 1953). The essential part of the sources is formed of speeches of the politicians published in the press and of the editorials of the daily newspapers.

About the Author

University of Tartu, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, researcher.2009. defended PhD of semiotics and cultural studies. "Towards semiotic theory of hegemony". Tartu University Press.Head of reasearcher team at Estonian Science Foundation grant No 8804"Semiotic perspectives on the analysis of power relations and political communication"