This chapter argues that leader personality cults are typically produced by a specific set of
mechanisms of flattery inflation. It describes how loyalty signaling, emotional amplification …

We offer a novel rational explanation for cults of personality. Participation in a cult of
personality is psychologically costly whenever it involves preference falsification, with the …

News personalization in one-party dominant countries has been understudied or often
analyzed through a Western lens. This study unpacked this phenomenon in one-party …

Vom Scheitern der Demokratie nach 1918 Am Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs schien sich in
ganz Europa die Demokratie als Staatsform durchgesetzt zu haben. Doch die neuen …

Vladimir Putin has distinguished himself from leaders of the Russian state of the past 25
years in a number of noteworthy ways. Since Boris Yeltsin's resignation elevated him to the …

This paper introduces a theoretical model for distinguishing between mere popularity and
personality cults as there currently is an inflated use of the personality cult concept …

The oxymoron in the title of this book warrants an explanation. The phrase “invisible shining”
was borrowed from an unknown Hungarian who expressed his gratitude for the enactment …

1. This book shows how writers affiliated with the French Communist Party helped shape
Stalinist propaganda worldwide and it also sheds light on authoritarianism and cults of …

Wie gelingt es Diktaturen nach einer Phase von Gewalt und Terror, die Verhaltensweise der
Bevölkerung nachhaltig zu beeinflussen und dadurch ihre Herrschaft langfristig zu festigen …

This article explores the origins of a post‐Stalin ideal of individuality, the rise of which
amounted to a crucial change in Soviet intellectual history. By ideal of individuality, I mean …