Mythocracy: How Stories Shape Our Worlds
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Harnessing the power of storytelling for political progress
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.
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.
PUBLISHER:
Verso Books
ISBN-10:
1839766980
ISBN-13:
9781839766985
BINDING:
Paperback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2025
NUMBER OF PAGES:
240
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
0.56(H) x 5.49(W) x 8.28(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English