Research Catalog

Title

Ultimate freedom--no choice : the culture of authoritarianism in Latvia, 1934-1940 / by Deniss Hanovs and Valdis Teraudkalns ; [translator, Laura Bleidere].

Author

Hanovs, Deniss.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston Brill, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Tēraudkalns, Valdis.

Description

x, 272 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Central and Eastern Europe, 1877-8550 ; v. 2

Uniform Title

• Laiks, telpa, vadonis. English
• Central and Eastern Europe (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 2.

Alternative Title

Laiks, telpa, vadonis.

Subjects

• Ulmanis, Kārlis, 1877-1942
• Political culture > Latvia > History > 20th century
• Politics and culture > Latvia > History > 20th century
• Latvia > History > 1918-1940
• Authoritarianism > Latvia > History > 20th century
• Latvia > Politics and government > 1918-1940

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chapter one. The beginning : how was the coup presented back then? -- Inter-war Latvia : prehistory of the coup, its context -- Why the coup is not a coup, but salvation? -- Ulmanis in foreign media : the Times -- Chapter two. Genesis of a political myth : an official turns into Vadonis -- Chapter three. Staging Atdzimšanas Dziesma : technologies of authoritarianism cultural policy -- How does one stage the principle of authoritarianism? staging of a mass performance as a political program -- "Atdzimšanas Dziesma will invite every Latvian to serve his nation and country by obeying Vadonis" : what is the staging going to say? -- "Atdzimšanas Dziesma depicts the fate of the Latvian people : staging as a liturgy of authoritarianism, Vadonis as a priest and actor -- Chapter four. "Another land" : Latgale region in the discourse of Ulmanis' authoritarian regime on the unity of the nation -- Political performance as a staging of unanimity -- Latgale : the symbolic stepchild and bride -- Latgalians and ethnic unity -- Latgalians and ethnic diversity : the other in the new political culture -- Answers of Latgale's media -- The education law and the technology of the melting pot -- Daugavpils Vienības Nams : a building as a political message -- Chapter five. The leader, the enemy, war and celebration : authoritarianism practices compared : Stalin and Ulmanis in Latvia's authoritarian culture -- USSR -- the land of workers and violence : a dual perception -- Cultural practices of European dictatorships in the 30s -- Stalin and Ulmanis : a functional comparison of leaders -- The enemy : communism and the war of civilizations -- Moscow trials -- the globalized political show of the 30s -- Chapter six. Date and place : a celebration of authoritarianism in Rēzekne and Riga -- "The harvest booster" : K. Ulmanis as a hero of cyclical time in Svēta Zeme spectacle -- 18 November as a continuation of 15 May : the course of celebration on 18 November 1938 -- Chapter seven. "New Riga" : the city as an instrument of authoritarian ideology -- Aesthetization of Ulmanis' ideology : key tendencies and international context -- Ulman Riga -- The Uzvaras laukums : a spatial self-reference -- Chapter eight. Authoritarianism and the Church : attempts to develop Latvian Christianity in 1920s and 1930s -- The relationship policy between the Church and the state under Ulmanis' regime -- The Church : in supranational content and national form -- Ideas expressed by the radical wing of Latvianizers of the Church -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 15-765

ISBN

• 9789004243552 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9004243550 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9789004244641 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012046197

OCLC

820450759

Author

Hanovs, Deniss.

Title

Ultimate freedom--no choice : the culture of authoritarianism in Latvia, 1934-1940 / by Deniss Hanovs and Valdis Teraudkalns ; [translator, Laura Bleidere].

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Central and Eastern Europe, 1877-8550 ; v. 2

Central and Eastern Europe (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 2.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Tēraudkalns, Valdis.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-765