Propaganda as a weapon and a tool
of totalitarian power: The image
of the concept in the common discourse
of the war and occupation years
(1939–1945)
Propaganda as a weapon and a tool
of totalitarian power: The image of the concept
in the common discourse of the war
and occupation years (1939–1945)
Author(s): Marcin PoprawaSubject(s): Political history, Social history, Politics and communication, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: totalitarian discourse; war propaganda; common discourse of the war and occupation years (1939–1945);
Summary/Abstract: The author of the article describes the ways of conceptualizing Nazi totalitarian propagandaduring the Second World War (1939–1945) in occupied Poland. This totalitarian discourse createdmany defense mechanisms on the level of colloquial knowledge, humor directed against the occupant,and was the object of counter-propaganda activities conducted by Polish underground organizations.This article describes a fragment of the “anti-totalitarian discourse” that emerges from the diaries andjournals of the period described.
Journal: Język a Kultura
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 27
- Page Range: 177-211
- Page Count: 35
- Language: English
