Liberal Politicians During The Cold War: Equality And Democracy

4. Liberal Politicians during the Cold War encouraged equality and democracy, therefore their main task was it to help contain Soviet communism and conservatism with fighting against totalitarianism. According to Emilio Gentile, political religion “is a form of the sacralisation of politics of an exclusive and integrals character.” Denying the contemporaneousness with different political concepts, political religion abnegates the independence of each human being to the community. It furthermore “prescribes the obligatory observance of its commandments and participation in its political cult, and sanctifies violence as legitimate arm of the struggle against enemies, and as an instrument of regeneration”. Political religion is hostile against

Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR after the death of Lenin and created a totalitarian state, in which the government has the control over any aspects of the live of the people and no individual rights were given anymore. Being an atheist, Stalin let the teachers in school teach atheism to the students and spread that religion was only negative to the development of communism. Taking political religion and especially totalitarianism and state some of the limitations from the liberal view, one of the first things that come to ones mind is the loss of autonomy. Being subordinated to the state means that its citizens do not have any rights and are not able to be free thinkers. Who does not listen to the leader of a state would be punished with violence, due to his non obedient behavior. Any attempt of disobedience will be brought to justice and there is no arguing about right or wrong. All in all, the concept of political religion in the Soviet Union from a liberal point of view was a suffering for the people, because for example of the missing equality for

It states that one class of a society is dominant over the rest of the population and rules their lives. Most of the zombie movies clearly show signs of such a hegemony, as being presented as very slow, and not capable of having any consciousness, except for a desire for human flesh. On the other side, the humans are able to use all kind of weapons in order to attack and destroy the living dead. Shaun of the Dead fits perfectly in that pattern, because (except for some victims) human hegemony is obviously presented in the end of then film. Half a year after the outbreak and the emergence of the zombies, humans use them as a kind of pastime activity and for labor. Shaun even keeps his zombie-mutated friend Ed for playing video games in the garage. Relating this hegemony of the humans to American apocalyptic culture, it is detectable that this film can be emphasized. It is primarily based on George A. Romero’s earlier zombie movies, starting with Night of the Living Dead, or Dawn of the Dead. Comparing Dawn of the Dead with Shaun of the Dead, the former one the two characters Francine and Peter finally make it to a roof and can escape with a helicopter that is only partially filed with fuel. This resembles an uncertain future with not much hope left in which the so often under estimated and stupid zombies gain the mastery over humankind. Shaun of the Dead on the other side,