The Sovietisation of Romania, 1946-1948 – the first two years behind the curtain of propaganda

Authors

  • Cristian Alexandru Groza Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, Bd. Regina Elisabeta 4-12 Sector 5, postal code 030018, Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20162.364.376

Keywords:

The Great Romanian Hunger, communism, royalty, indoctrination, iron curtain

Abstract

Dogmatic discourse and institutionalized control build a totalitarian state on two main pillars: propaganda and indoctrination. Our study analyzes the phenomena of cultural mimesis and ideological transplantation inside the Romanian communist system. The periphery and centre represent concepts that help us in the process of constructing our cultural theory about the propaganda system and its evolution during the years before the abolition of the monarchy, 1946-1947. The study is based mainly on archive documents. Therefore, we followed up the chronological paths in which the propaganda was used as an external weapon, and also as an internal indoctrination.

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Author Biography

Cristian Alexandru Groza, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, Bd. Regina Elisabeta 4-12 Sector 5, postal code 030018, Bucharest

student

scientific interests: modern history

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Published

2016-09-10

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Groza, C. A. (2016). The Sovietisation of Romania, 1946-1948 – the first two years behind the curtain of propaganda. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 7(2), 364–376. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20162.364.376

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016): Journal of Education Culture and Society

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LOCAL CULTURES AND SOCIETIES

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