Chiara Bottici

A Philosophy of Political Myth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521182751
• ISBN-10: 0521182751
• Artikelnr.: 31187777

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. A Genealogy of Myth: 1. Mythos and logos
2. The biblos and the dialectic of the sacred logos
3. Scientific rationality and the dialectic of the enlightenment
Part II. The Need for Myth: 4. Myth and meaning
5. Approaching myth
6. Naming the unknown, grounding significance
Part III. Political Myth: 7. Myth and the critique of political reason
8. Classical theories of political myth
9. Political myth, ideology, and utopia
Part IV. Myth and Political Identity: 10. Myth, historical narratives and the social imaginary
11. Myth and identity
12. Political myths today: the extraordinary and the banal.