Death Of The Father :: an Anthropology of the End in Political Authority.

The death of authority figures like fathers or leaders can be experienced as either liberation or loss. In the twentieth century, the authority of the father and of the leader became closely intertwined; constraints and affective attachments intensified in ways that had major effects on the organiza...

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Main Author: Borneman, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2004.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The death of authority figures like fathers or leaders can be experienced as either liberation or loss. In the twentieth century, the authority of the father and of the leader became closely intertwined; constraints and affective attachments intensified in ways that had major effects on the organization of regimes of authority. This comparative volume examines the resulting crisis in symbolic identification, the national traumas that had crystallized around four state political forms: Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and East European Communism. The defeat of Imperial and Fascis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (252 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857457158
0857457152
9781571813893
1571813896

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