The imagination of a dictator
(2018) STVK02 20181Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis studies three ideas represented in the political work Rukhnama written by Türkmenbaşy, the former totalitarian dictator of Turkmenistan. Using the theories of Anderson in Imagined communities, with the method of descriptive idea analysis, it comes to the conclusion that the work represents a heavily authoritarian ideology with its basis in a family structure. The family structure is patriarchal with the clear purpose of Türkmenbaşy being at the top. Aside from strengthening Türkmenbaşys own political ambition with this compulsory book, it also serves as creating a new nationalism for Turkmenistan, moulded after the family structure. By analysing the work, including its strictly political messages, as well as the personal... (More)
- This thesis studies three ideas represented in the political work Rukhnama written by Türkmenbaşy, the former totalitarian dictator of Turkmenistan. Using the theories of Anderson in Imagined communities, with the method of descriptive idea analysis, it comes to the conclusion that the work represents a heavily authoritarian ideology with its basis in a family structure. The family structure is patriarchal with the clear purpose of Türkmenbaşy being at the top. Aside from strengthening Türkmenbaşys own political ambition with this compulsory book, it also serves as creating a new nationalism for Turkmenistan, moulded after the family structure. By analysing the work, including its strictly political messages, as well as the personal stories, poems and fictional histories, the underlying core of the book has been analysed. The ambition of the thesis is to uncover the messages of nationalism in order to enable further studies both on the Rukhnama and other similar books written by dictators. (Less)
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- author
- Månsson, Karl LU
- supervisor
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- Erik Ringmar LU
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Turkmenistan, Rukhnama, descriptive idea analyses, imagined communities, dictatorship
- language
- English
- id
- 8940450
- date added to LUP
- 2018-08-23 14:44:16
- date last changed
- 2018-08-23 14:44:16
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abstract = {{This thesis studies three ideas represented in the political work Rukhnama written by Türkmenbaşy, the former totalitarian dictator of Turkmenistan. Using the theories of Anderson in Imagined communities, with the method of descriptive idea analysis, it comes to the conclusion that the work represents a heavily authoritarian ideology with its basis in a family structure. The family structure is patriarchal with the clear purpose of Türkmenbaşy being at the top. Aside from strengthening Türkmenbaşys own political ambition with this compulsory book, it also serves as creating a new nationalism for Turkmenistan, moulded after the family structure. By analysing the work, including its strictly political messages, as well as the personal stories, poems and fictional histories, the underlying core of the book has been analysed. The ambition of the thesis is to uncover the messages of nationalism in order to enable further studies both on the Rukhnama and other similar books written by dictators.}},
author = {{Månsson, Karl}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The imagination of a dictator}},
year = {{2018}},
}