A philosophy of political myth
By: Chiara Bottici.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521876551
Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy.; Myth.; Mythology -- Political aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A genealogy of myth. Mythos and logos; title: The biblos and the dialectic of the sacred logos; title: Scientific rationality and the dialectic of the Enlightenment; title: The need for myth. Myth and meaning; title: Approaching myth; title: Naming the unknown, grounding significance; title: Political myth. Myth and the critique of political reason; title: Classical theories of political myth; title: Political myth, ideology, and utopia; title: Myth and political identity.  Myth, historical narratives, and the social imaginary; title: Myth and identity; title: Political myths today : the extraordinary and the banal.