Between Psychoanalysis and Political Philosophy: Towards a Critical Theory of Political Myth

Autor:	Angela Kühner, Chiara Bottici
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Unconscious mind Sociology and Political Science Mythology Epistemology Philosophy Politics Political myth Critical theory Political culture Icon Sociology Political philosophy computer computer.programming_language
Zdroj:	Critical Horizons. 13:94-112
ISSN:	1568-5160 1440-9917
DOI:	10.1558/crit.v13i1.94
Popis:	This paper focuses on a specific aspect of political imaginaries: political myth. What are political myths? What role do they play within today's commoditized political imaginaries? What are the conditions for setting up a critique of them? We will address these questions, by putting forward a theory of political myth which situates itself between psycho analysis and political philosophy, in line with the tradition of critical theory that many still associate with the name of the Frankfurt School. We will first discuss the notion of political myth by illustrating the contribution of both disciplines to its understanding and then, through a discussion of the notion of social unconscious, we will apply this analysis to a contemporary example of political myth, that of a clash of civilizations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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