Political Myth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415936323)

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.

Author: Christopher Flood
ISBN-10: 0415936322
ISBN-13: 9780415936323
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2001
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.06w x 0.74d