Commemorating Malikiyya: Political Myth, Multiethnic Identity and the Making of the Lebanese Army

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-84
Author(s):  
Oren Barak
Keyword(s):  
Multiethnic Identity ◽  
Political Myth

MYTH IN SAM SHEPARD’S “THE GOD OF HELL” AND ITS POLITICAL IMPLICATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-38
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The Political ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Political Implication ◽  
Major Work ◽  
Sam Shepard ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Political Myth ◽  
The World

The article introduces the creative work of the famous American playwright Sam Shepard, whose works are almost unknown to our Uzbek reader. His plays are well known throughout the world; they influenced the formation of the worldview of readers of different nations and show the peculiarities of American culture. Despite the worldwide fame of Sam Shepard’s works, they are not studied well by literary critics. In America and Europe his works have been studied in details for a long period, and even several monographs in English have been written. However, neither in the Russian speaking, nor in the domestic literary criticism there is yet no major work on Shepard's works. The article also deals with the artistic features of the political myth of the “American dream” in one of the most scandalous plays, “The God of Hell,” dedicated to the protest against the war in Iraq. Thus, this study, which touches upon some issues of Shepard's creative work in connection with his innovative artistic originality, to a certain extent, seeks to fill this gap.

Time to break up with the international community? Rhetoric and realities of a political myth in Cambodia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Katrin Travouillon ◽  
Julie Bernath
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
International Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Political Myth ◽  
Transnational Cooperation ◽  
Political Imaginary ◽  
Liberal Peacebuilding

Abstract The international community is as ubiquitous as it is elusive and its universalist pretensions remain unchallenged in political and academic discourse. In response, this article turns to Bottici's work on political myths. Against the notion of myths as falsehoods, we argue that they create their own sphere of shared social and political reality. The analysis centres on the case of Cambodia, a country that served as an experiment of liberal interventionism. It draws on archival and field research on two consecutive international interventions, a review of public statements by international actors, and interviews with Cambodian actors and activist. We argue that to understand the ideas actors use to orient themselves as they press for change, it is necessary to consider how decades of engagement with the myth have shaped the political imaginary. Our empirical analysis points to three different phases in the use of the myth: Its production during UNTAC, the reinforcement of its narratives through subsequent legal, aid and development interventions, and finally its contemporary use in a post-liberal context. We observe that Cambodian actors increasingly engage the myth to question the terms of transnational cooperation for democracy. Our work has implications for assessments of the legacies of liberal peacebuilding.

scholarly journals The Phenomenon of Political Myth in the Social Space of Modernity

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alia Hairullayevna Ramazanova ◽  
Zhamilya Amangeldievna Amirkulova ◽  
Akmaral Karzhauovna Baidlayeva ◽  
Zhadyra Nurganatovna Kazieva ◽  
Kenzhegul Biyazdykova
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Myth

Il corpo della Nazione. Mito politico e immaginario nazionalistico nella narrazione del Milite ignoto

2009 ◽  
pp. 5-28
Author(s):  
Nicola Porro
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Case History ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Crucial Point ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Political Myth ◽  
First World

- In Europe the birth of the mass societies is related to the First World War, epilogue to the era of nationalizations. It gave birth to that myth of the soldier which would represent a crucial point in the construction of nationalistic symbolic apparatuses. In the Italian case, the narration and the sacralization of the Unknown Soldier (Milite Ignoto) constitute their key elements. The research aims at analysing the genesis of a nationalistic political myth anticipating that "disciplinary society" which would identify with Fascism. No-one's body is the aptest one to turn ideally into the everyone's body according to the uprising nationalistic imaginary. The case history shows that even a very recent and painful past can become the object not of a simple representation but of a real social construction. Such a construction * Universitŕ di Cassino, Dipartimento di Scienze motorie e della salute, Viale I. Bonomi snc, 03043 Cassino (Fr), tel. 0776.2994413, mail: [email protected]. works at the crossroads of identity and memory. Furthermore, it struggles to elaborate an identitarian public memory in which the whole community must recognize itself.Key words: Body; Nation building; Identity.Parole chiave: Corpo; Nazionalizzazione; Identitŕ.

3. CARL SCHMITT'S CONTRIBUTION TO A THEORY OF POLITICAL MYTH

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-388
Author(s):  
MARÍA PÍA LARA
Keyword(s):  
Political Myth
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