Nebulous Utopias. From 'Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer' to 'China Dream'. The Use of Catchwords and Slogans in Constructing Imaginary Utopian/Dystopian Communities

Autor: Artur Blaim
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Caietele Echinox, Vol 46, Pp 31-38 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1582-960X
DOI: 10.24193/cechinox.2024.46.02
Popis: The paper offers a preliminary study of a phenomenon that could be termed nebulous utopia, an attempt to project an image of the ideal state based on the use of catchwords and slogans. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, their extensive use, originally limited mainly to totalitarian states and war propaganda, has become the dominant rhetorical device employed by a wide range of both left-wing and right-wing populist movements aimed at winning popular support by appealing to a set of vaguely defined general values and objectives.
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