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Mythocracy

How Stories Shape Our Worlds
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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... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Mythocracy

Harnessing the power of storytelling for political progress

Harnessing the power of storytelling for political progress

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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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839766985

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Contributors:

  • Translated by David Broder
  • Translated by David Broder

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 225g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Yves Citton is professor in Literature and Media at the UniversitΓ© Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, after having previously taught at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA (1992-2003) and at the UniversitΓ© Grenoble Alpes (2003-2017). He was Executive Director of the Graduate School (EUR) ArTeC from 2018 to 2021 and is co-editor of the journal Multitudes. He published a dozen books in French, translated in many languages, among which Mediarchy (Polity Press, 2019) and The Ecology of Attention (Polity Press, 2016). His articles are in open access on his website www.yvescitton.net.

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