Political Myth

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-93632-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 469 g

Reihe: Theorists of Myth

First Published in 2002. Myth theorists characterize myths as stories that possess the status of sacred truth within one or more social groups. Flood discusses how political myth is an ideologically marked narrative that purports to give a true account of a set of past, present, or predicted political events, widely accepted as valid in its essentials. Among the topics explored are: the historical line of political myth in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western political discourse; the characteristics of political myths and the forms they take in political life and the ends they serve; and the features of political ideologies that are most useful for understanding the nature of political myth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flood, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 Political Ideology; Chapter 2 Sacred Myth/Political Myth; Chapter 3 Telling Myths; Chapter 4 Believing Myths; Chapter 5 Questions of Form; Chapter 6 Ideological Meaning In History; Chapter 7 Icons, Indexes, and Rituals; Chapter 8 Case Studies in Mythopoeic Narrative: (1) De Gaulle’s “Bayeux Constitution”; Chapter 9 Case Studies in Mythopoeic Narrative: (2) The Story of Wilma Mankiller; Chapter 10 Case Studies in Mythopoeic Narrative: (3) A Note on Cassirer as Mythmaker;

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher G. Flood