2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2010.01534.x
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‘Das Mündel will Vormund sein’: The GDR State as Child1

Abstract: At the time of the 'Wende', the dominant image of the SED state in political and cultural discourse was that of 'Vater Staat', the authoritarian state which had kept its population in an unduly protracted form of 'Unmündigkeit' or childhood. As the GDR recedes further into the past, this perception of the relationship between state and population has been maintained and indeed reinforced by the media's continued emphasis on images of the peaceful revolution. This article will trace developments in a quite diff… Show more

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“…The montage can be seen through different political lenses; one is following the original intentions, image, and prognosis of the future leader of the workers' movement and the new society, anticipating revolution, a unity of the individual and the masses. The other approach discovers the working process of the propaganda, reflecting to the idea of the paternal state and its children, the citizens, or the child as a symbol of the new state (Pinfold 2011), describing how the founding myth was demonstrated, what tools were used, etc. From this layout, one Picture 2.…”
Section: "A Boy Like Any Other"mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The montage can be seen through different political lenses; one is following the original intentions, image, and prognosis of the future leader of the workers' movement and the new society, anticipating revolution, a unity of the individual and the masses. The other approach discovers the working process of the propaganda, reflecting to the idea of the paternal state and its children, the citizens, or the child as a symbol of the new state (Pinfold 2011), describing how the founding myth was demonstrated, what tools were used, etc. From this layout, one Picture 2.…”
Section: "A Boy Like Any Other"mentioning
confidence: 99%