Civic rites : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / by Evans, Nancy, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates -- Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy -- Athena : religion and the democratic polis -- Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena -- Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries -- Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality -- Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation -- Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy -- Epilogue / The City after Socrates.…”

The new psychology of leadership : identity, influence, and power / by Haslam, S. Alexander

Table of Contents: “…The Old Psychology of Leadership: Great Men and the Cult of Personality -- 2. The Current Psychology of Leadership: Issues of Context and Contingency: Transaction and Transformation -- 3. …”

The Portrait in the Renaissance. by Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- I. The Cult of Personality -- II. Humanism and the Portrait -- III. …”
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Myth, memory, trauma : rethinking the Stalinist past in the Soviet Union, 1953-70 / by Jones, Polly, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Secret Speech -- From thaw to freeze: party history and Soviet literature, 1956-57 -- Forgetting within limits: censorship and preservation of the Stalin cult -- Trauma and redemption: narratives of 1937 in Soviet culture -- Between myth and memory: war, terror, and Stalin in popular memory -- The "cult of personality" in the early Brezhnev era -- Conclusion.…”

Audience participation : essays on inclusion in performance /

Table of Contents: “…Weinberg -- The (oc)cult of personality : initiating the audience into The Edwardian mysteries / J. …”

Pierre de Thomas : Scholar, Diplomat, and Crusader / by Boehlke, Jr., Frederick J.

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Haya de la Torre and the pursuit of power in twentieth-century Peru and Latin America / by García-Bryce, Iñigo L., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Revolution for export: forging a Latin American revolution -- Bullets and ballots: revolutionaries, elections, and the military -- Marinera with the Yankees -- El jefe y el partido: party discipline and the cult of personality -- Broken promises?: the women of APRA.…”
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The many lives of Khrushchev's thaw : experience and memory in Moscow's Arbat / by Bittner, Stephen V., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : history of a metaphor -- History and myth of the Arbat -- A cult of personality and a "rhapsody in blue" -- Raining on Turandot -- Remembering the avant-garde -- Preserving the past, empowering the public -- Dissidence and the end of the thaw -- Conclusion : the Arbat and the thaw.…”
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The age of the strongman : how the cult of the leader threatens democracy around the world / by Rachman, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Putin : the archetype (2000) -- Erdogan : from liberal reformer to authoritarian strongman (2003) -- Xi Jinping : China and the return of the cult of personality (2012) -- Modi : strongman politics in the world's largest democracy (2014) -- Orbán, Kaczynski and the rise of illiberal Europe (2015) -- Boris Johnson and Brexit Britain (2016) -- Donald Trump : American strongman (2016) -- Rodrigo Duterte and the erosion of democracy in South East Asia (2016) -- The rise of MBS and the Netanyahu phenomenon (2017) -- Bolsonaro, Amlo and the return of the Latin American caudillo (2018) -- Abiy Ahmed and democratic disillusionment in Africa (2019) -- Merkel, Macron and Europe's struggle against the strongmen (2020) -- George Soros, Steve Bannon and the battle of ideas -- Epilogue : Biden in the age of the strongman.…”
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Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Volume 4 : The Khrushchev Years 1953-1964 /

Table of Contents: “…4.10 On the Formation of the RSFSR Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU4.11 On Measures for Further Improving the Training of Leading Party and Soviet Cadres -- 4.12 On Overcoming the Cult of Personality and its Consequences -- 4.13 On the Party Organizers of the Central Committee of the CPSU -- 4.14 On Improving the Work of the Soviets of Workers' Deputies and Strengthening their Ties with the Masses (1957) -- 4.15 On the Organization of the Publication of Works about V.I. …”
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Resolutions and decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Table of Contents: “…4.10 On the Formation of the RSFSR Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU4.11 On Measures for Further Improving the Training of Leading Party and Soviet Cadres -- 4.12 On Overcoming the Cult of Personality and its Consequences -- 4.13 On the Party Organizers of the Central Committee of the CPSU -- 4.14 On Improving the Work of the Soviets of Workers' Deputies and Strengthening their Ties with the Masses (1957) -- 4.15 On the Organization of the Publication of Works about V.I. …”
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Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / by Shermer, Michael

Table of Contents: “…: encounters with aliens -- Epidemics of accusations : medieval and modern witch crazes -- The unlikeliest cult : Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality. III. Evolution and creationism. In the beginning : an evening with Duane T. …”

Anatomy of authoritarianism in the Arab republics / by Sassoon, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Leadership and the cult of personality; 7. Transition from authoritarianism; Conclusion.…”
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The dictators : Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia / by Overy, R. J.

Table of Contents: “…Stalin and Hitler : paths to dictatorship -- The art of ruling -- Cults of personality -- The party state -- States of terror -- Constructing utopia -- The moral universe of dictatorship -- Friend and foe : popular responses to dictatorship -- Cultural revolutions -- Commanding the economy -- Military superpowers -- Total war -- Nations and races -- Empire of the camps.…”

Myth, memory, trauma : rethinking the Stalinist past in the Soviet Union, 1953-70 / by Jones, Polly, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Secret Speech -- From thaw to freeze: party history and Soviet literature, 1956-57 -- Forgetting within limits: censorship and preservation of the Stalin cult -- Trauma and redemption: narratives of 1937 in Soviet culture -- Between myth and memory: war, terror, and Stalin in popular memory -- The "cult of personality" in the early Brezhnev era -- Conclusion.…”
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Deng Xiaoping : a Revolutionary Life / by Pantsov, Alexander, 1955-, Levine, Steven I.

Table of Contents: “…The Bolshevik -- Born in the Year of the Dragon -- From Paris to Moscow: the lessons of Bolshevism -- From Xi'an to Shanghai -- The Guangxi experiment -- The Maoist -- "The spirit of five fearlessness" -- Master of the Taihang Mountains -- At the forefront of the new democratic revolution -- Chief of the Southwest Region -- The Beijing Hippodrome -- "Critique of the cult of personality" and its consequences -- "A great growing force" -- Being and consciousness -- "Yellow cat, black cat" -- "Number two capitalist roader" -- Arrest and exile -- The pragmatist -- "Soft as cotton, sharp as a needle" -- New trials -- Practice as the criterion of truth -- The cardinal principles -- "Let some families get rich first" -- One country, two systems -- Reforms and democracy -- The Tiananmen tragedy -- A retired patriarch.…”

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Practicing Stalinism : Bolsheviks, boyars, and the persistence of tradition / by Getty, J. Arch 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The old and the new -- Cults and personalities, politics and bodies -- The party personnel system: upstairs at the Central Committee -- The party personnel system: downstairs at the Central Committee -- Principled and personal conflicts -- Stalin and the clans I: the "King's men" -- Stalin and the clans II: who can vote? …”
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Stardom : discussions on fame and celebrity culture / by Bronk, Katarzyna

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Stardom: Discussions on Fame and Celebrity Culture -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Narrating Celebrities -- Clara Wieck-Schumann in Vienna: The Making of a Star, Retold in Biofiction -- Anaïs Nin, Feminism and Celebrity Authorship: Negotiating Image and Identity in the Interviews -- Part 2: Fame and Women: Bodies in the 'Limelight' -- No Press is Bad Press -- Being an Actress in English Restoration -- Media Content of Celebrity Women's Motherhood for Them to Be Re-Idolised in the Patriarchal Society -- Part 3: Branding the Stars -- Comparing Henry VIII and James II through Art Analysis: Questions of Power, Legitimacy, and Celebrity -- Representing Celebrity in Photographs Since 1875: Brands, Idols, and Icons -- Celebrity Stars and the Fashion Massage of 2011 -- Part 4: Becoming Famous and the Cult of Personality -- Current Celebrity Status in Serbia -- The Current Situation and Development Perspectives -- Reality TV Shows and the Making of the New Celebrity: Critical Reflections in Contemporary Fiction -- Changing the Face of News: The Reporter as a Celebrity.…”
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