Open AccessDUALITY OF POLITICAL MYTH
Author(s) -
Tatyana V. Kozyreva,
Veronika A Slobodchikova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vestnik ûgorskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-9114
pISSN - 1816-9228
DOI - 10.17816/byusu2017131-272-76
Subject(s) - mythology , archetype , politics , irrational number , consciousness , epistemology , duality (order theory) , unconscious mind , object (grammar) , sociology , social science , philosophy , political science , history , literature , law , mathematics , art , linguistics , classics , pure mathematics , geometry
This article reveals the essence and features of the political myth. Various approaches to definition of this concept are analyzed. Such features of the myth as personal reality, existence of images, a support of archetypes. Authors note the dualistic nature of the myth combining the following contrasts: rational and irrational, fiction and reality, conscious and unconscious, myth and counter-myth. Functions of the political myth are pointed out, influence on consciousness of people reveals. The political myth as an object of research, is considered on examples of several countries.