Ultimate freedom-- no choice : the culture of authoritarianism in Latvia, 1934-1940
Authoritarianism Political culture Politics and culture Ulmanis, Kārlis, Latvia sähkökirjat
Brill
2013
EISBN 9789004244641
Chapter one. The beginning : how was the coup presented back then?.
Inter-war Latvia : prehistory of the coup, its context.
Why the coup is not a coup, but salvation?.
Ulmanis in foreign media : the Times.
Chapter two. Genesis of a political myth : an official turns into Vadonis.
Chapter three. Staging AtdzimsÌŒanas Dziesma : technologies of authoritarianism cultural policy.
How does one stage the principle of authoritarianism? staging of a mass performance as a political program.
"AtdzimsÌŒanas Dziesma will invite every Latvian to serve his nation and country by obeying Vadonis" : what is the staging going to say?.
"AtdzimsÌŒanas Dziesma depicts the fate of the Latvian people : staging as a liturgy of authoritarianism, Vadonis as a priest and actor.
Chapter four. "Another land" : Latgale region in the discourse of Ulmanis' authoritarian regime on the unity of the nation.
Political performance as a staging of unanimity.
Latgale : the symbolic stepchild and bride.
Latgalians and ethnic unity.
Latgalians and ethnic diversity : the other in the new political culture.
Answers of Latgale's media.
The education law and the technology of the melting pot.
Daugavpils Vienības Nams : a building as a political message.
Chapter five. The leader, the enemy, war and celebration : authoritarianism practices compared : Stalin and Ulmanis in Latvia's authoritarian culture.
USSR--the land of workers and violence : a dual perception.
Cultural practices of European dictatorships in the 30s.
Stalin and Ulmanis : a functional comparison of leaders.
The enemy : communism and the war of civilizations.
Moscow trials--the globalized political show of the 30s.
Chapter six. Date and place : a celebration of authoritarianism in Rēzekne and Riga.
"The harvest booster" : K. Ulmanis as a hero of cyclical time in Svēta Zeme spectacle.
18 November as a continuation of 15 May : the course of celebration on 18 November 1938.
Chapter seven. "New Riga" : the city as an instrument of authoritarian ideology.
Aesthetization of Ulmanis' ideology : key tendencies and international context.
Ulman Riga.
The Uzvaras laukums : a spatial self-reference.
Chapter eight. Authoritarianism and the Church : attempts to develop Latvian Christianity in 1920s and 1930s.
The relationship policy between the Church and the state under Ulmanis' regime.
The Church : in supranational content and national form.
Ideas expressed by the radical wing of Latvianizers of the Church.
Conclusion.
Inter-war Latvia : prehistory of the coup, its context.
Why the coup is not a coup, but salvation?.
Ulmanis in foreign media : the Times.
Chapter two. Genesis of a political myth : an official turns into Vadonis.
Chapter three. Staging AtdzimsÌŒanas Dziesma : technologies of authoritarianism cultural policy.
How does one stage the principle of authoritarianism? staging of a mass performance as a political program.
"AtdzimsÌŒanas Dziesma will invite every Latvian to serve his nation and country by obeying Vadonis" : what is the staging going to say?.
"AtdzimsÌŒanas Dziesma depicts the fate of the Latvian people : staging as a liturgy of authoritarianism, Vadonis as a priest and actor.
Chapter four. "Another land" : Latgale region in the discourse of Ulmanis' authoritarian regime on the unity of the nation.
Political performance as a staging of unanimity.
Latgale : the symbolic stepchild and bride.
Latgalians and ethnic unity.
Latgalians and ethnic diversity : the other in the new political culture.
Answers of Latgale's media.
The education law and the technology of the melting pot.
Daugavpils Vienības Nams : a building as a political message.
Chapter five. The leader, the enemy, war and celebration : authoritarianism practices compared : Stalin and Ulmanis in Latvia's authoritarian culture.
USSR--the land of workers and violence : a dual perception.
Cultural practices of European dictatorships in the 30s.
Stalin and Ulmanis : a functional comparison of leaders.
The enemy : communism and the war of civilizations.
Moscow trials--the globalized political show of the 30s.
Chapter six. Date and place : a celebration of authoritarianism in Rēzekne and Riga.
"The harvest booster" : K. Ulmanis as a hero of cyclical time in Svēta Zeme spectacle.
18 November as a continuation of 15 May : the course of celebration on 18 November 1938.
Chapter seven. "New Riga" : the city as an instrument of authoritarian ideology.
Aesthetization of Ulmanis' ideology : key tendencies and international context.
Ulman Riga.
The Uzvaras laukums : a spatial self-reference.
Chapter eight. Authoritarianism and the Church : attempts to develop Latvian Christianity in 1920s and 1930s.
The relationship policy between the Church and the state under Ulmanis' regime.
The Church : in supranational content and national form.
Ideas expressed by the radical wing of Latvianizers of the Church.
Conclusion.
