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Ceauşescu et les avatars de la tyrannie
Ceauşescu and the avatars of tyranny
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Abstract The imaginary of oppression has always fascinated political thinkers. During the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the figure of President Nicolae Ceauşescu was incontrovertibly included in a world pantheon of tyranny. Starting from these historical considerations, this article explores the symbolic cons... view more
The imaginary of oppression has always fascinated political thinkers. During the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the figure of President Nicolae Ceauşescu was incontrovertibly included in a world pantheon of tyranny. Starting from these historical considerations, this article explores the symbolic construction of Ceauşescu's "tyranny", as an effect of the interaction between exogenous and endogenous representations. More precisely, the author studies the historical setting and the rhetorical instruments that contributed to the prevailing discourse about Ceauşescu's time in power. He maps the evolution of Ceauşescu's image of "tyrant" on two complementary lanes. In the first instance he studies the conceptual evolution of the term "tyranny"; secondly, he explores the symbolic composition of the tyrant's image; finally, in the conclusion, he scrutinizes the symbolic reversibility of these political representations.... view less
Keywords
Romania; post-communist society; twentieth century; president; government; power; oppression; political behavior
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Ceauşescu, N.
Document language
French
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 317-354
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 5 (2005) 2
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0