
Death of the Father
An Anthropology of the End in Political Authority
John Borneman(Editor)
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2004
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-57181-111-0 (ISBN)
Description
The death of authority figures like fathers or leaders can be experienced as either liberation or loss. In the twentieth century, the authority of the father and of the leader became closely intertwined; constraints and affective attachments intensified in ways that had major effects on the organization of regimes of authority. This comparative volume examines the resulting crisis in symbolic identification, the national traumas that had crystallized around four state political forms: Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and East European Communism. The defeat of Imperial and Fascist regimes in 1945 and the implosion of Communist regimes in 1989 were critical moments of rupture, of "death of the father." What was the experience of their ends, and what is the reconstruction of those ends in memory?
This volume represents is the beginning of a comparative social anthropology of caesurae: the end of traumatic political regimes, of their symbolic forms, political consequences, and probable futures.
This volume represents is the beginning of a comparative social anthropology of caesurae: the end of traumatic political regimes, of their symbolic forms, political consequences, and probable futures.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Herndon
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57181-111-0 (9781571811110)
DOI
10.3167/9781571811110
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
12/2003
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
Available for download

E-Book
12/2003
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
Available for download
Person
John Borneman, Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, specializes in political and legal anthropology. He has written widely on national identification and symbolic form in Germany and on the relation of culture to international order. His most recent work is on accountability and the use of retributive justice in preventing cycles of violence.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Theorizing Regime Ends
John Borneman
Chapter 1. From Future to Past: A Duce's Trajectory
Maria Pia Di Bella
Chapter 2. Gottvater, Landesvater, Familienvater: Identification and Authority in Germany
John Borneman
Chapter 3. Two Deaths of Hirohito in Japan
Kyung-Koo Han
Chapter 4. The Undead: Nicolae Ceaus?escu and Paternalist Politics in Romanian Society and Culture
David A. Kideckel
Chapter 5. The Peaceful Death of Tito and the Violent End of Yugoslavia
Tone Bringa
Chapter 6. Doubtful Dead Fathers and Musical Corpses: What to Do with the Dead Stalin, Lenin, and Tsar Nicholas?
John S. Schoeberlein
Notes on Contributors to the Death of the Father Project
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Theorizing Regime Ends
John Borneman
Chapter 1. From Future to Past: A Duce's Trajectory
Maria Pia Di Bella
Chapter 2. Gottvater, Landesvater, Familienvater: Identification and Authority in Germany
John Borneman
Chapter 3. Two Deaths of Hirohito in Japan
Kyung-Koo Han
Chapter 4. The Undead: Nicolae Ceaus?escu and Paternalist Politics in Romanian Society and Culture
David A. Kideckel
Chapter 5. The Peaceful Death of Tito and the Violent End of Yugoslavia
Tone Bringa
Chapter 6. Doubtful Dead Fathers and Musical Corpses: What to Do with the Dead Stalin, Lenin, and Tsar Nicholas?
John S. Schoeberlein
Notes on Contributors to the Death of the Father Project
Index