Details
- Page extent: 294 pages
- Size: 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.534 kg
Library of Congress
- Dewey number: 320.01
- Dewey version: 22
- LC Classification: JA71 .B584 2007
- LC Subject headings:
- Political science--Philosophy
- Myth
- Mythology--Political aspects
Library of Congress Record
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Contents
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Introduction |
page 1 |
| I. |
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A GENEALOGY OF MYTH |
17 |
| 1 |
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Mythos and Logos |
20 |
| 2 |
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The Biblos and the Dialectic of the Sacred Logos |
44 |
| 3 |
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Scientific Rationality and the Dialectic of the Enlightenment |
62 |
| II. |
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THE NEED FOR MYTH |
81 |
| 4 |
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Myth and Meaning |
83 |
| 5 |
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Approaching Myth |
99 |
| 6 |
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Naming the Unknown, Grounding Significance |
116 |
| III. |
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POLITICAL MYTH |
131 |
| 7 |
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Myth and the Critique of Political Reason |
134 |
| 8 |
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Classical Theories of Political Myth |
151 |
| 9 |
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Political Myth, Ideology and Utopia |
177 |
| IV. |
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MYTH AND POLITICAL IDENTITY |
201 |
| 10 |
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Myth, Historical Narratives and the Social Imaginary |
203 |
| 11 |
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Myth and Identity |
227 |
| 12 |
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Political Myths Today: The Extraordinary and the Banal |
246 |
| Bibliography |
261 |
| Index |
281 |
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