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In Ancient greece, interstate relations, such as in the formation of alliances, calls for assistance, exchanges of citizenship, and territorial conquest, were often grounded in mythical kinship. In these cases, the common ancestor was most often a legendary figure from whom both communities claimed descent. In this detailed study, Lee E. Patterson elevates the current state of research on kinship myth to a consideration of the role it plays in the construction of political and cultural identity. He draws examles both from the literary and epigraphical records and shows the fundamental difference between the two. He also expands his study into the question of Greek credulity--how much of these founding myths did they actually believe, and how much was just a useful fiction for diplomatic relations? Of central importance is the authority the Greeks gave to myth, whether to elaborate narratives or to a simple acknowledgment of an ancestor. Most Greeks could readily accetties of interstate kinship even when local origin narratives could not be reconciled smoothly or when myths used to explain the link between communities were only "discovered" upon the actual occasion of diplomacy, because such claims had been given authority in the colective memory of the Greeks. This study enriches the dialogue on how societies often use myth to construct political, social, and cultural identity--hardly unique to the ancient Greeks, it is rather a human phenomenon for a culture to embrace an identity grounded in a putative ancestry that is expressed in the traditional stories of that culture. --Book Jacket.

Kinship --- Mythology, Greek. --- Civilization, Ancient. --- Greece --- History. --- Foreign relations. --- Civilization. --- Politics and government. --- Släktskapsförhållanden --- Grekisk mytologi --- Internationale Politik --- Verwandtschaft --- Herkunftssage --- International relations. --- Kinship. --- Political science. --- politiska aspekter --- historia --- politiska aspekter. --- Griechenland --- Greece. --- Internationale Politik. --- Verwandtschaft. --- Herkunftssage. --- Griechenland. --- Parenté --- Grèce --- Histoire

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Mediated Communities brings together a diverse, global cohort of academics and professional communicators to assess the current state of democratic mobilizing around the world and the ways in which protest movements are being transformed in the midst of a communication revolution. Contributors draw on a variety of international settings - from Greece to Lebanon, China to Argentina - to demonstrate the ways in which community organizing in the digital age relies increasingly on digital media to communicate, help participants find common ground, and fight for change. Contributors acknowledge the challenges that lie ahead for creating real and lasting democratic change, but at the same time are able to draw attention to the potential that digital media hold for strengthening citizen voices around the globe.

Internet and activism --- Social media --- Community leadership --- Political participation --- Media literacy --- Internet et action directe --- Médias sociaux --- Leadership communautaire --- Participation politique --- Education aux médias --- Political aspects. --- Technological innovations --- Technological innovations. --- Political aspects --- Aspect politique --- Innovations --- Sociala medier --- Mediekompetens --- Politiska aktivister --- Internet and activism. --- Political activists --- politiska aspekter --- Politiska aktivister. --- Political activists. --- politiska aspekter. --- Politiska aspekter. --- Médias sociaux --- Education aux médias

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Bildning --- Bildungspolitik. --- Bolognaprocessen. --- Culture. --- Enseignement supérieur --- Errors, Scientific. --- Errors, Scientific. --- Information society. --- Information society. --- Informationsgesellschaft. --- Informationssamhället. --- Savoir et érudition. --- Utbildning --- Éducation --- Attityder till. --- Politiska aspekter --- Philosophie.

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"In The Political Force of Musical Beauty, Barry Shank shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Rather than focusing on the ways in which music enables the circulation of political messages, he argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Analyzing a wide range of 'beautiful music' within popular and avant-garde genres--including the Japanese traditions in the music of Takemitsu Toru and Yoko Ono, the drone of the Velvet Underground, and the insistence of hardcore punk and Riot grrrl post-punk--Shank finds that when it fulfills the promise of combining sonic and lyrical differences into a cohesive whole, musical beauty has the power to reorganize the basis of social relations and produce communities that recognize meaningful difference."--Publisher's Web site.

Gesellschaft. --- Group identity in the performing arts. --- Group identity in the performing arts. --- Gruppidentitet. --- Music --- Music --- Music --- Music --- Musik --- Musik --- Musik. --- Scenisk konst. --- Schönheit. --- Ästhetik. --- Political aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Politiska aspekter. --- Sociologiska aspekter.

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Far-right populist politics have arrived in the mainstream. We are now witnessing the shameless normalization of a political discourse built around nationalism, xenophobia, racism, sexism, antisemitism and Islamophobia. But what does this change mean? What caused it? And how does far-right populist discourse work? The Politics of Fear traces the trajectory of far-right politics from the margins of the political landscape to its very centre. It explores the social and historical mechanisms at play, and expertly ties these to the "micro-politics" of far-right language and discourse. From speeches to cartoons to social media posts, Ruth Wodak systematically analyzes the texts and images used by these groups, laying bare the strategies, rhetoric and half-truths the far-right employ. The revised second edition of this best-selling book includes: A range of vignettes analyzing specific instances of far-right discourse in detail. Expanded discussion of the "normalization" of far-right discourse. A new chapter exploring the challenges to liberal democracy. An updated glossary of far-right parties and movements. More discussion of the impact of social media on the rise of the far-right. Critical, analytical and impassioned, The Politics of Fear is essential reading for anyone looking to understand how far-right and populist politics have moved into the mainstream, and what we can do about it. --

Conservatism --- Populism --- Political parties --- Political sociology --- Pragmatics --- Conservatism. --- Discourse analysis. --- Diskursanalys --- Diskursanalyse. --- Högerextremism. --- Högerextremistiska partier. --- Konservatism. --- Political parties. --- Politiska partier. --- Populism. --- Rechtspopulismus. --- Rhetorik. --- Right-wing extremists --- Right-wing extremists. --- Politiska aspekter. --- Europa. --- Förenta staterna. --- Conservatism - Europe. --- Populism - Europe. --- Political parties - Europe. --- Conservatism - United States. --- Populism - United States. --- Political parties - United States.