Cult of personality

Mount Rushmore in the United States depicting former rulers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

Painting in the U.S. Capitol depicting George Washington (seated center) as a god. The woman on his right is holding a fasces.

A cult of personality is an excessive devotion to an idealized image of a person, often but not always a political leader. Cults of personality are often associated with far-right and nationalist leaders, such as Modi in India.^[1]

References

↑ Satya Mohapatra (2019-06-09). "Indian election: Victorious Modi masks attacks on workers with far-right bigotry" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[1] Satya Mohapatra (2019-06-09). "Indian election: Victorious Modi masks attacks on workers with far-right bigotry" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

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