Political myths are shared narratives that shape how groups represent experience.

Evidence

As Bottici (2007) demonstrates, narratives and myths are inherently linked, especially in the sphere of politics: “Political myths are narratives that coagulate and reproduce significance. They consist of the work on a common narrative by which the members of a social group or society represent and posit their experience and deeds. As such, they are an important part of what, following Castoriadis, can be called the social imaginary” (201). — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 374

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Bottici’s definition of political myth as narratives producing the social imaginary is a conceptual anchor for homo speculans as a mythic figure.
• XREF: Connects to Castoriadis’s social imaginary concept and how financialized identity functions as a political myth.

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