Imagining Mass Dictatorships The Individual and the Masses in Litera
This volume in the series Mass Dictatorship in the Twentieth Century series sees twelve Swedish, Korean and Japanese scholars, theorists, and historians of fiction and non-fiction probe the literary subject of life in 20th century mass dictatorships.
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Imagining Mass Dictatorships The Individual and the Masses in Literature and Cinema
Edited by
Michael Schoenhals and Karin Sarsenov
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Imagining Mass Dictatorships
10.1057/9781137330697 - Imagining Mass Dictatorships, Edited by Michael Schoenhals and Karin Sarsenov
Mass Dictatorship in the 20th Century
‘Mass dictatorship’ addresses the (self-) mobilization of ‘the masses’ in and for twentiethcentury dictatorships. In contrast to pre-modern despotism, mass dictatorship depends upon its ability to entice and employ multiple forms of active participation of the many. By appropriating modern statecraft, a ‘dictatorship from above’ transforms itself into a ‘dictatorship from below’ – a practice of rule that builds upon people’s sustained cooperation. This series contributes to the understanding of popular dictatorships in the twentieth century by interrogating their conjunctures from a transnational perspective. This transnational angle reveals that the dualist perception of a few evil perpetrators (the dictator and his cronies) versus many innocent victims (the people), inherent in both the totalitarian and Marxist models, does not stand up to historical scrutiny. Replacing the Manichean presentism of Cold War paradigms, Mass Dictatorship in the 20th Century will explore ‘gender politics’, ‘modernity’, ‘everyday lives’ and ‘coming to terms with the past’. Building on a series of international conferences organized by the Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture at Hanyang University, Seoul, between 2003 and 2008, these books will explore not only the pre-WWII dictatorships (e.g. Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism and Japanese colonialism) but post-WWII dictatorial regimes as well, including communist and post-colonial versions of ‘development dictatorships’ in Europe, Asia and Africa. Titles include: Jie-Hyun Lim and Karen Petrone (editors) GENDER POLITICS AND MASS DICTATORSHIP Global Perspectives Forthcoming titles: Yong Woo Kim, Jie-Hyun Lim and Michael Schoenhals MASS DICTATORSHIP AND MODERNITY Peter Lambert and Alf Lüedtke EVERYDAY LIFE IN MASS DICTATORSHIPS Desire and Delusion Peter Lambert, Jie-Hyun Lim and Barbara Walker MASS DICTATORSHIP AS THE EVER-PRESENT PAST Michael Schoenhals and Karin Sarsenov (editors) IMAGINING MASS DICTATORSHIPS The Individual and the Masses in Literature and Cinema
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