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Stalin

Zygmunt Bauman

University of Leeds & Warsaw

Official fear, the foundation of the secular power and the legitimation of its disciplinary requirements is, according to Mikhail Bakhtin, formed after the pattern of cosmic fear that plays a similar role in relation to ecclesiastic powers. Powers-that-be present themselves as the shield and insurance against the dangers arising from uncertain future and existential insecurity. Having retreated from protection against uncertainty and insecurity generated by the markets, state powers refocus currently their claim to the subjects’ obedience on issues of personal safety.

Key Words: power • Stalin • uncertainty • insecurity

Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 3-11 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1532708603254356
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