Rethinking political myth: The clash of civilizations as a self-fulfilling prophecy

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-336

  Bottici, Chiara ^a   Challand, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culturalism; Medias; Orientalism; Political myth; Theories of myth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745975429     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431006065715     Document Type: Article

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