tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046469008368273193.post1854725960083945598..comments2024-02-23T05:17:33.208-05:00Comments on The Book of Worlds: Word: MythocracyHaraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864029225698561023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046469008368273193.post-37271676415538913372010-07-05T13:34:12.394-04:002010-07-05T13:34:12.394-04:00To be honest, I think mythocracy is little more th...To be honest, I think mythocracy is little more than a buzzword used by political theorists. I have not been able to find an "official" definition, but as far as I can tell the word usually implies some sort of monopolized truth, often connected to heavy propaganda.<br /><br />Btw, the quote is from a text discussing Stalinism in Soviet Russia, and it is teeming with all manners of "specialized/idiosyncratic use of terms" as you so nicely put it.<br /><br />But, yeah, I like the other one best myself as well :)Haraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09864029225698561023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046469008368273193.post-44227105213177792522010-07-05T07:13:51.950-04:002010-07-05T07:13:51.950-04:00I like your definition better? :)
Actually, I'...I like your definition better? :)<br /><br />Actually, I'm not 100% sure what the hell the official one even means, obfuscated as it is by specialized/idiosynscratic use of terms ("shamanistic" incantions--they couldn't think of a more transparent descprition?).Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com