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    Stalin and Propaganda

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    Established as one of the most authoritative and intimidating rulers to have ever walked the face of the Earth‚ Joseph Stalin was the unmatched communist leader of the Soviet Union for nearly three decades. His regime of fear and terror took the lives of millions‚ and the implementation of harsh commanding methods consolidated his supreme control over the nation. From 1924 to 1940‚ the key elements involved in Stalin’s dictatorial regime over the Soviet Union were political propaganda and the accumulation

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    Cults in Nigeria

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    principles upon which to direct our lives. • Against Convention • Against Tribalism • For Humanistic Ideals • For Comradeship and Chilvalry Certain psychological themes which recur in these various historical contexts also arise in the study of cults. Cults can be identified by three characteristics: 1. a charismatic leader who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose their power; 2. a process I call coercive persuasion

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    Joseph Stalin

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    Joseph Stalin dominated the soviet scene to a degree unequaled in the United States by Truman or even Roosevelt. Stalin was born in the Russian empire’s southern province of Georgia in 1879. He began studying for the priesthood but was thrown out of seminary for revolutionary activity and some believe because of laziness. After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution he climbed to prominence in the new ruling communist party thanks to his administrative skills and adroit political maneuvering and building

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    Cult of Domesticity

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    The Cult of Domesticity: Securing the 19th Century Woman in the Home During the Antebellum age of America‚ new values and ideals began to arise. These ideals were reflected in the households of middle class citizens and grouped together to create the “Cult of Domesticity.” The cult helped form the foundation of female inferiority in the male dominated society. As “slaves” to the home‚ women were to uphold morals that were no longer relevant in the new industrialized world. The ideas that led

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    Cult of Cybele

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    Thomas Rada Why My Cult Is Better Than Yours: Cybele Cybele was the mother goddess during the Roman Republic dating back to the 204BC era. Within this religion there are many parallels and contrast to other religious cults of the same era. The Great Mother also known as Cybele‚ was one of chaste perfection and ominous powers. As critical as this religion was for the people of Roman‚ there was another that would surpass its great hold over the people. Christianity and the cult of Cybele are two religions

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    Joseph Stalin

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    Josef Stalin was one of the most important members of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union succeed the Russian empire in 1922 and lasted until 1991. Stalin shaped the country in the 1930s and continued to help it thrive to victory helping to win the Second World War against Nazi Germany. I am going to concentrate on the myths surrounding Stalin during the Stalin era (1928-1941) and after his death in 1953. After Stalin’s death in 1953 there was no clear successor for his role in the Soviet Union

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    Stalin Notes

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    The USSR and Stalin 1924-53 How successful was Stalin in solving Russia’s economic problems? What were Russia’s economic problems? Stalin believe rapid expansion of heavy industry was essential to deal with evident attach from west Industrial workers were the communists; greatest allies Peasants: enemies of socialism Industrial: Peasant ration Greater it was‚ greater communist state would be The Five Year Plans for industry Stalin = no economic experience Plans designed to overcome

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    Compassionate Cults?

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    terms charisma and cult in order to see manifestations of these in the context of East Asian Buddhist movements. As Lindholm notes‚ placing the ‘discourse of charisma’ into a theoretical framework is complex as it is used in a variety of contexts‚ yet this thesis favours Weber’s understanding of charisma‚ which is “supernatural‚ superhuman‚ or at least specifically exceptional.” The term cult will be discussed in order to understand the difference between what is deemed a cult‚ sect or religion

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    Cult Segment

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    day and you want it. During the length of this paper we will talk about two important writers‚ Kalle Lasn the writer of “The Cult You’re in” and Benoit Denizet-Lewis writer of “ The Man Behind Abercrombie &ump; Fitch”. They both talk about similar topics that go hand and hand with each other‚ they talk about the consumers “Dream”‚ how companies recruit the consumers‚ who cult members really are‚ how people are forced to wear something they don’t want‚ and about slackers. What is The Dream we all

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    The Cult of Hysteria

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    The Cult of Hysteria During the women’s rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th century‚ woman who exhibited depression or psychotic symptoms were thought to have just come down with “hysteria”. Sigmund Freud was one of the first psychoanalysts to study hysteria in women‚ though others‚ including the psychoanalyst Charlotte Perkins-Gilman was sent to for her case of “hysteria”‚ S. Weir Mitchell‚ formed “the resting cure”. Mitchell prescribed Gilman the “resting cure” when she became depressed

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