An iconography of early nineteenth-century dictatorship in the Atlantic space

Prieto, Moises (2021). An iconography of early nineteenth-century dictatorship in the Atlantic space. In: Prieto, Moisés (ed.) Dictatorship in the Nineteenth Century: Conceptualisations, Experiences, Transfers. Routledge Studies in Modern History (pp. 150-174). London: Routledge 10.4324/9781003024927-13

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Around 1800 the concepts of ‘dictator’ and ‘dictatorship’, like many others, changed drastically in meaning and connotation. From an extraordinary, exceptional and provisional magistracy appointed in times of severe crises, as transmitted from the ancient Roman tradition, the dictator, now, came to stay and to provide a new constitutional order. Hence, the sovereign dictator, in terms of Carl Schmitt, as opposed to the commissarial one, became the dominant paradigm. The present essay claims that such a fatidic transition could not be ignored by iconography. Hence, it seeks to enlighten the conceptual change by means of a focus on the pictorial representation of dictatorship by means of different canvases. In a first step, the persistence of a Rome-inspired iconography will be highlighted with a focus on particular symbols and allegories. Then, a further step across the Atlantic and into the iconography of everydayness in the River Plate will show the pervasiveness and powerfulness of the personal cult of Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentine dictator and governor of Buenos Aires with the sum of public power.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Institute of History, Iberian and Latin American History
UniBE Contributor:	Prieto, Moises
Subjects:	900 History > 940 History of Europe 900 History > 980 History of South America
ISBN:	978-1-003-02492-7
Series:	Routledge Studies in Modern History
Publisher:	Routledge
Language:	English
Submitter:	Moises Prieto
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2021 13:12
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:52
Publisher DOI:	10.4324/9781003024927-13
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dictatorship, Authoritarianism, Nineteenth Century, Europe, Latin America, Global History, Conceptual History, Intellectual History, Napoleon Bonaparte, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Simón Bolívar, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/157543