10 The Collapse of the Rákosi Cult

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I. The Construction Of The Cult
7. 1. The Chronology of Cult Construction (1925–1953) 31
8. 2. The Institutions and Agents of Cult Construction 79
9. 3. “The Biography is a Very Serious Issue”: The Role of Biographies in Constructing the Rákosi Cult 95
10. 4. “He Was Created by a Thousand Years”: Nationalism and the Leader Cult 127
11. 5. “Comrade Rákosi Lives with Us”: The Visual and the Spatial Aspects of the Rákosi Cult 147
12. II. Responses To The Cult’S Expansion
13. 6. “Love for Comrade Rákosi Has Become Deeper”: The Communicative Influence of the Cult 175
14. 7. “Death to Uncle Rákosi!” Negative Perceptions of the Cult 209
15. 8. Ignorance is Bliss: Popular Indifference and the Shortcomings of Communist Propaganda 231
16. III. The Dismantling Of The Cult
17. 9. The “New Course” and the Decay of the Rákosi Cult, 1953–1956 261
18. 10 The Collapse of the Rákosi Cult 299
19. Conclusion 335
20. Bibliography 345
21. Index 377