All 3 Uses of
Stalin
in
Avant-garde and Kitsch
- Nevertheless, if the masses were conceivably to ask for avant-garde art and literature, Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin would not hesitate long in attempting to satisfy such a demand.†
*Stalin = Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
- We can see then that although from one point of view the personal philistinism of Hitler and Stalin is not accidental to the roles they play, from another point of view it is only an incidentally contributory factor in determining the cultural policies of their respective regimes.†
- What the acceptance of the isolation of the Russian Revolution forces Stalin to do, Hitler is compelled to do by his acceptance of the contradictions of capitalism and his efforts to freeze them.†
Definition:
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition. During the Great Purge of his own people, he imprisoned millions and executed at least 700,000. Prior to that millions died in a famine caused or made much worse by Stalin's heavy-handed government. (1879-1953)