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Yuri Chekalin25.07.2026

The transformation of political vocabulary represents only the first stage in the symbolic reconstruction of legitimacy. Toward the Symbolic Reconstruction of Authority Words acquire their fullest political meaning when they become embodied in public ceremonies, commemorative practices, national symbols, civic rituals, monuments, and the visible performance of political authority. Revolutionary governments therefore moved beyond language […]

Yuri Chekalin12.07.2026

The concepts employed throughout this article are not presented as fixed or universally accepted definitions. Concepts and Terminology: A Framework for Analysis Terms such as myth, mass, power, charisma, and political religion have acquired different meanings across history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and philosophy. Rather than attempting to resolve these longstanding conceptual debates, this article […]

Vladimir Kantor10.07.2026

The 20th century is commonly associated with the emergence of a new historical and political actor: the masses. It became the age of mass politics, mass mobilization, and totalitarian regimes that relied on broad popular support while simultaneously giving rise to repression, war, and human suffering on an unprecedented scale. Naturally, the phenomenon of the […]

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Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.9)

Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.2)

Leaders and the Masses

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old