Socialismus jako spravedlivá společnost. Obrazy sovětské reality v tisku meziválečné KSČ

• Authors: Bohumil Melichar

Title variants

EN

Socialism as a society of justice. Images of Soviet reality in the press of the interwar Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study presents an analysis of the images of the Soviet experiment in the daily press of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCz) during the interwar period. The author tests the hypothesis that the idealized image of Soviet socialism replaced the coherent political program of the CPCz and describes the mechanisms of political communication of the communist vision of an ideal society. The periodical press is seen as the medium through which communist authors explained their conception of social and political justice. The USSR was an ideal model of a socialist society that they wanted to achieve through revolutionary action. The text deals not only with the mechanisms by which communists created ideal images of Soviet socialism, but also with their strategies for defending themselves against criticism of the idealized image of the USSR by their political rivals.

Keywords

EN

journalism; interwar era; Communist Party of Czechoslovakia; the image of the USSR in media; cultural history of policy

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 24-58
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bohumil Melichar

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic