Mythocracy : How Stories Shape Our Worlds

Author(s): Citton, Yves,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 01/04/2025,
Pagination: 240 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Verso Books,
Published By: Verso Books,
Book Classification: Social & political philosophy,
Dimensions: 139 x 210 x 16
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781839766985

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Mythocracy examines the narrative mechanisms that script our lives through the stories we tell one another. Digging beneath common anxieties about fake news, Yves Citton looks at the attention economy, which organises our political perceptions around affective attractors. These are much more powerful than the truth value of any given narrative. The time has come for the left to reclaim the power of myth from reactionary populism.

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