Dynastic propaganda contrasted vigorous new rulers against effete degenerate rivals.

Evidence

The image of the Fatimid Caliph, as portrayed by his aulic poets, is not just that of a successful soldier or politician, but of a great world leader, at once spiritual and imperial. As a victorious dynastic ruler, he represents the emergence of a new power, which is young, fresh and vigorous, in contrast with his effete and degenerate opponents. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 370

Categorization

• XREF: The young/vigorous vs. old/effete binary in dynastic self-image echoes later Orientalist rhetoric of civilizational decline — a throughline the reader could trace. — connects to: Propaganda steers latent aggression toward selected social targets. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1812
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Propaganda steers latent aggression toward selected social targets. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1812