Vision Thing Myth, Politics, and Psyche in the World

There are deep, highly-charged relationships between mythological or archetypal reality, psychological reality, and political reality. The Vision Thing: Myth, Politics and Psyche in the World explores the tensions of these relationships, in an attempt to bring together the political and mythological realms through psychological experience. Emphasising the importance of myth in human affairs - the American Dream being just one - a collection of high-profile contributors analyse the difficulty of uniting vision with reality in diverse situations, with chapters including The Feminine and Politics The Wizard of Oz: A Vision of Development in the American Political Psyche Factionalism and Interethnic Conflict: Narratives in Myth and Politics Practicing Politics in the Economic Myth The Vision Thing acknowledges the role of myth in both the collective and individual psyche, and its importance in human and political affairs. Its relevance to contemporary politics cannot be understated, and this bookSinger, Thomas is the author of 'Vision Thing Myth, Politics, and Psyche in the World', published 2000 under ISBN 9780415195546 and ISBN 0415195543.