The Echoes of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej’s Cult of Personality in the Media (1945-1965) Cover Image

Reflectarea cultului personalităţii lui Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej în presă (1945-1965)
The Echoes of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej’s Cult of Personality in the Media (1945-1965)

Author(s): Elis Neagoe-Plesa
Subject(s): History
Published by: Galaţi University Press
Keywords: Romania; communism;Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej; cult of personality;

Summary/Abstract: The cult of personality is an essential component of the communist regime. If the elements of Nicolae Ceausescu’s cult of personality are well-known, this kind of researches about Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej is still at the beginning. The author analyses, based on the elements found in the press of the time, the genesis of Dej’s cult of personality, its ideological content, and the ways in which the communist leader knew how to use it.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 147-179
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Romanian
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