Vol 11, No 1, 2012 pp. 77-87
UDC 323.1
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL MYTH THROUGH THE PRISM OF NATIONAL IDENTITY
Katarina Milošević1, Miša Stojadinović2
1University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia
E-mail: lakisara@yahoo.com
2Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade
The political myth is a very complex problem that was analyzed by scholars of the various fields of science, but it seems that they did not achieve the desired result, i.e. its full understanding. The authors of this paper will try to overcome this problem by analyzing the modern political myth through the prism of national identity. In that sense, this paper is divided into three parts. In the first part the authors analyze the contemporary political myth. The second part analyzes the influence of national identity on the forming of national myth. Finally, in the third part the authors summarize their results in the context of the Serbian political myth.
Key words: myth, political myth, national identity, the Serbian political myth, contemporary society.
POIMANJE SAVREMENOG POLITIČKOG MITA KROZ PRIZMU NACIONALNOG IDENTITETA
Politički mit predstavlja jedan veoma kompleksan problem kojim su se bavili stručnjaci različitih disciplina, ali to kao da nije doprinelo željenom rezultatu, tj. njegovom potpunom razumevanju. Autori u svom radu pokušavaju da prevaziđu ovaj problem posmatrajući savremeni politički mit kroz prizmu nacionalnog identiteta. U tom smislu ovaj rad je podeljen na tri dela. U prvom delu autori analiziraju savremeni politički mit. U drugom delu se razmatra uticaj nacionalnog identiteta na formiranje nacionalnog mita. I na kraju, u trećem delu autori, sumirajući rezultate svog rada, dolaze do sagledavanja problema srpskog političkog mita.
Ključne reči: mit, politički mit, nacionalni identitet, srpski politički mit, savremeno društvo
