POL SCI 140L Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: The Salvation Army, Cominform, Proletariat
27 Feb 2018
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Apocalyptic era: prospect of large scale widespread violence is real. Fighting for salvationist mission: encourages suspension of disbelief. Great october is the moment of deliverance from imperialist feudal domination. Charismatic institutions become prominent during crisis if they survive. But charisma only lasts the crisis (ex. To sustain charisma, must sustain magic, otherwise disenchantment. Charisma : attribute that followers assign to the leader for their magical qualities (weber) Charisma isn"t really passed on from leader to leader (except maybe in dynasties) Relationship of tutelage, of dependency, but help was super welcome. Ussr supported communists in greece for a while. Us gets mad, ussr concedes and draws back, stops supporting them. Soviets thought a united front between ccp and gmd was best path for nascent, small and weak ccp to fight the warlords. Remarkable how often moscow gave advice to china that unexpectedly was to the ussr"s detriment . Also remarkable how often china accepted ussr"s advice .
