Open AccessWspółczesne mity polityczne
Author(s) -
Joanna Włodarczyk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
poliarchia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-1218
pISSN - 2300-4584
DOI - 10.12797/poliarchia.01.2013.01.10
Subject(s) - mythology , politics , meaning (existential) , irrational number , existentialism , power (physics) , sociology , political science , epistemology , law , literature , philosophy , art , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
Contemporary political myths. The Round Table myth and the Fourth Republic myth: myths of the creation of a new state
The concept of myth has been explored as a prelude to an analysis of the Round Table and the Fourth Republic of Poland, the political project which reached its peak in 2005-2007. Initially, the myths were designed to reduce the existential uncertainties and give meaning to human actions. Thus, in that sense, they were never false. This scheme has changed when political myth was born, which was purposely created in order to gain more power. The paper, by analyzing political speeches and some examples of election campaigns of 2005 and 2007, discusses the links between the irrational content of myth and the rational techniques used to spread it.