Jan Plamper is Dilthey Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
“The crafting, production, and canonization of Stalin’s image was
no simple endeavor. It involved technologies that gave Stalin’s
cult a particularly modern flavor. . . through this alchemy of
institutional and individual power did Stalin’s personality cult
penetrate the psyche of the Soviet citizenry.”—Sean Guillory, New
Books in Russia and Eurasia
*New Books in Russia and Eurasia*
“An excellent study which greatly advances our understanding of one
of the most important cultural artifacts of the twentieth
century.”— Graeme Gill, Russian Review
*Russian Review*
“A fascinating history of the making and marketing of the Stalinist
cult, [characterized by] clarity, sharp analysis, and a deft
selection of images and illustrations. . . . A rich, valuable
contribution to both modern intellectual history and the history of
Russia."—Choice
*Choice*
Winner of the 2013 University of Southern California Book Prize in
Literary and Cultural Studies sponsored by the Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures at the University of Southern California
and awarded annually by the Association for Salvic, East European,
and Eurasian Studies for an outstanding monograph published on
Russia, Eastern or Eurasia in the fields of literary and cultural
studies.
*University of Southern California*
“Invaluably, Plamper provides a wider framework for considering
Socialist Realism, while his history of the Stalin cult of
personality and the way that art was organised and controlled under
this despotic ruler makes this essential reading for anyone who
wants to gain a more profound understanding of the period, the art,
and the way it was produced.”—Christina Lodder, Burlington
Magazine
*Burlington Magazine*
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