Dictadores - Dikötter, Frank
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Fear and violence are not enough for any dictator to govern: these strategies may be essential to achieve power and even to maintain it for a time, but they are not usually effective in the long term. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support, since only a tyrant whose government is capable of inspiring idolatry in the people will be able to perpetuate himself. In Dictators, Frank Dikötter examines eight of the most effective personality cults of the 20th century: those that, through strategies ranging from carefully choreographed military…mehr

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Fear and violence are not enough for any dictator to govern: these strategies may be essential to achieve power and even to maintain it for a time, but they are not usually effective in the long term. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support, since only a tyrant whose government is capable of inspiring idolatry in the people will be able to perpetuate himself. In Dictators, Frank Dikötter examines eight of the most effective personality cults of the 20th century: those that, through strategies ranging from carefully choreographed military parades to the establishment of strict censorship, were fully aware of the image they wanted to project and encourage.
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Frank Dikötter (Stein, Limburgo, Países Bajos, 1961) es catedrático de Humanidades en la Universidad de Hong Kong y profesor de Historia Moderna de China en la Escuela de Estudios Orientales y Africanos de la Universidad de Londres. Ha sido pionero en la utilización de fuentes archivísticas y ha publicado siete libros que han transformado la visión historiográfica de China, entre ellos, «La gran hambruna en la China de Mao» (Acantilado, 2017), que le mereció el Premio Samuel Johnson de ensayo en 2011, y «La tragedia de la liberación» (Acantilado, 2019), primer y segundo volúmenes de su aclamada «trilogía del pueblo».