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The terms "cult of personality" and "personality cult" were popularized by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Personality_Cult_and_its_Consequences Khrushchev's Secret Speech of 1956]. Robert Service notes that a more [[accurate]] [[translation]] of the Russian "культ личности" ("kul't lichnosti") is the "cult of the [[individual]]".
The terms "cult of personality" and "personality cult" were popularized by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Personality_Cult_and_its_Consequences Khrushchev's Secret Speech of 1956]. Robert Service notes that a more [[accurate]] [[translation]] of the Russian "культ личности" ("kul't lichnosti") is the "cult of the [[individual]]".
<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Cults]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Cults '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
==Description==
A '''cult of personality''' arises when an [[individual]] uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media mass media], [[propaganda]], or other [[methods]], to create an idealized, [[heroic]], and, at times god-like [[public]] [[image]], often through unquestioning [[flattery]] and [[praise]]. Sociologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber Max Weber] developed a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_classification_of_authority tripartite classification of authority]; the cult of personality holds parallels with what Weber defined as "[[charismatic]] authority". A cult of personality is similar to [[hero]] [[worship]], except that it is established by mass media and propaganda.
A '''cult of personality''' arises when an [[individual]] uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media mass media], [[propaganda]], or other [[methods]], to create an idealized, [[heroic]], and, at times god-like [[public]] [[image]], often through unquestioning [[flattery]] and [[praise]]. Sociologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber Max Weber] developed a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_classification_of_authority tripartite classification of authority]; the cult of personality holds parallels with what Weber defined as "[[charismatic]] authority". A cult of personality is similar to [[hero]] [[worship]], except that it is established by mass media and propaganda.
