Bogusławska, Magdalena2014-01-292014-01-292013Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2013, nr 5, s. 45–58798-83-232-2636-92084-3011http://hdl.handle.net/10593/9927Text is an analysis of symbolic strategies, servingcreation of Josip Broz Tito’s authority as the leader of the socialist Yugoslavia; it also reveals their cultural and political motivations. Author indicates three dominant factors in the process of cult creation, which are characteristic for the cult of personality in totalitarian systems; as such they also remain a specific continuation of traditions as a base of the local power culture. In this perspective, the Tito’s cult and political mythology as its frame is an endemic embodiment of mythological provincionalism with universal aspirations – typical for communism. The function of this cult is a consolidation of multi-nation community and legitimization of federal state formula in the conditions of immaturity of the local political culture.plJosip Broz TitoYugoslaviacommunismpropagandacult of personalityheroizationsacralizationdeificationreligious anthropomorfizationArtykuł