RUDN Journal of Philosophy (Jun 2012)
The political myth: rational visibility and an irrational essence
Abstract
In the article are found out a place and a role of a political myth in a modern political reality. The author analyzes mutual relations of political ideology, a political myth and archaic mythology, reconstructs the basic lines of a modern political myth. In the conclusion the question of an archetype of the hero as a basis for construction modern political leaders public images is considered.
