Flood Political Myth

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-34788-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Theorists of Myth

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flood, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; I. Political Ideology Preliminary Considerations; The Pervasiveness of Ideology; Functions, Uses and Types; II. Sacred Myth/Political Myth; Sacred Myth: Form, Content and Status; The Functions of Sacred Myth; Political Myth: A Definition; III. Telling Myths; True Myths?; Myth as a Deliberate Falsehood or Distortion; Practical Thinking?; Ambiguous Motive and Cumulative Processes; Postscript: A Note on Political Fiction; IV. Believing Myths; Irrational Beliefs?; Cognitive Approaches; Rational Beliefs?; An Example; V. Questions of Form; Problems of Definition (1)'; Problems of Definition (2); Problems of Definition (3); Basic Considerations on Argument and Narrative; Form and Function; VI. Ideological Meaning in History; A Model for Comparison; Implications and Applications; Example 1; Example 2; Historical Determinism; A Note on Story Types; VII. Icons, Indexes and Rituals; Roland Barthes on Myth; Iconic Vehicles of Political Myths; Indexical Evocations of Political Myths; Relationships between Political Rituals and Political Myths; VIII. Case Studies in Mythopoeic Narrative: (1) De Gaulle's "Bayeux Constitution"; The Historical Context'; Description of the Ceremony; Analysis of the Ceremony; Summary of the Speech; Decline and Fall; Suffering, Sacrifice and Rebirth; Unity; The Leader; Concluding Discussion; IX. Case Studies in Mythopoeic Narrative: (2) The Story of Wilma Mankiller; The Presentation of the Wilma Mankiller Story; Plot and Story; Narrative 1; Narrative 2; Narrative 3; The Assimilation of the Native American; X. Case Studies in Mythopoeic Narrative: (3) A Note on Cassirer as Mythmaker; Outline of the Book; The Narrative Dimension; The Direction of History; Analysis; Conclusion; Bibliography