10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERMYTH»
Discover the use of
countermyth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
countermyth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Falklands War: Myth and
Countermyth
David Monaghan employs literary critical methods in developing a comprehensive analysis of the political speeches and journalism through which the Thatcherite myth of British greatness reborn in the Falklands along neo-conservative lines ...
2
Caged in Our Own Signs: A Book about Semiotics
First, the myth of the powerless requires much more than the countermyth to do
the job, for the myth of the powerless remains as a quasi-myth because of its
weakness in language and rhetoric. The countermyth requires a semiotic
prowess ...
3
Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion from the Bible to ...
See Easter; paschal lamb paschal lamb, 44—46, 47, 48—50 and countermyth,
153—55 and Melito, 56—57, 63—69 and Oberammergau Passion Play, 221
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 23 3—37 Passion devotion. See religious devotion Passion
...
4
Family Myths: Psychotherapy Implications
Another way of gaining a perspective on the prevailing myth is to identify what we
callthe countermyth. When a prevailing myth has become outdated or is
otherwise dysfunctional, a fledgling alternative myth is, inalmost all cases,
already ...
Stephen A Anderson, Dennis Bagarozzi, 2014
5
The Voice of Rolling Thunder: A Medicine Man’s Wisdom for ...
When discussing a traditional medical system's confrontation with allopathic
medicine,an“old myth”(in this case,traditional folkhealing) is often challenged bya
“countermyth” (inthiscase, allopathic medicine). Several outcomes tothis dialectic
...
Sidian Morning Star Jones, Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., 2012
6
The Stories We Are: An Essay on Self-Creation, Second Edition
When enough experiences are encountered that contradict our overriding myth,
then a countermyth develops at some unconscious level where they are '
recognized and stored' until the mass of the countermyth 'breaks into
consciousness, ...
William Lowell Randall, 2014
7
Spain: A Unique History
And, with the passage of time, as would probably be inevitable in the
contemporary age, it came to be challenged by a countermyth, by a new sort of “
Black Legend of the Transition,” purveyed primarily by the extreme Left.
According to the ...
8
Social and Psychological Problems of Women: Prevention and ...
More often currently we hear the opposite point of view, what we are calling the
countermyth, namely, that sexual activity is normal and desirable throughout the
lifespan. While the counter- myth may portray a welcome state of affairs, our point
...
Annette U. Rickel, Meg Gerrard, Ira Iscoe, 1984
Thus, it is not a parable, but a countermyth. To distinguish countermyth from
parable is crucial. A countermyth sets up a new world to compete with one
created by the old myth. A parable rocks the foundations of the old myth by
working within ...
10
Handbook of Aging and Mental Health: An Integrative Approach
Optimism provides a means to reconcile myth and countermyth. Research on
optimism and self-rated health would argue that countermyth is generally the
better choice. As Heidrich and Ryff (1993) note, the outcome of social
comparison is ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERMYTH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
countermyth is used in the context of the following news items.
PBS Documentary About Early Palestine Substitutes One Myth For …
However, it resorts too much to a countermyth, that which Princeton University professor Mark Cohen has termed “an interfaith utopia. «Forward, Jun 15»
Sexy for Soldiers
... generate an ironclad countermyth of cowboy swagger and feminine frailty, which has been reanimated whenever the nation feels threatened. «Jewish Daily Forward, Jul 14»
Let us learn from maths mistakes
... exposing “common sense” for not having substantial empirical support (as Meaney argued) is not the same as propagating a countermyth (as ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Apr 14»
Young: Sen. Joe McCarthy wasn't totally wrong
The best-known champion of the "McCarthy was right" countermyth is right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter, whose book "Treason" proclaimed ... «Newsday, Apr 14»
Thatcherphobics are stuck in a time warp
The notion that Mrs Thatcher killed Bobby Sands is as absurd as the unionist countermyth that the blanketmen were depraved criminals who ... «Irish Independent, Apr 13»
The Lizard King: The Assignment
A countermyth. Do you get what I mean?” I told him I wasn't sure. I had never taken the paranoid stuff about the president seriously, of course. «Daily Caller, Oct 12»
Maimonides, Rabbi Obadiah, and the neo-lachrymose concept of …
This countermyth, which began in propaganda and journalistic circles, also found a place in the writings of academic researchers, who sought evidence of "Arab ... «Ha'aretz, Jun 10»
Revenge Is Sweet
So you have a Nazi myth exploded by a subversive Jewish countermyth contained within a Tarantino revenge myth that rewrites history in ways ... «New York Magazine, Aug 09»
Pseudo-Science Debunked
South of the Border: Countermyth or Counterpropaganda? Director Oliver Stone's apparent willful ignorance of Hugo Chavez's faults undermines his film's leg. «Utne Reader Online, Nov 08»
The Making of Benjamin Disraeli: Adam Kirsch's New Biography
What Disraeli was doing was creating a countermyth of Jewish superiority, one that would turn contemporary, unflattering views of Jews on their ... «New York Sun, Sep 08»
