Political Myth: A Theoretical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415936323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 322 str.

Christopher Flood

Opis

Myth theorists characterise 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, widely accepted as valid in its essentials.

Recenzje

"...fulfils a need in a number of disciplines. Political scientists, anthropologists and sociologists as well as scholars of religion will find this book extremely useful." -- Religion

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

Christopher G. Flood