A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A POLITICAL MYTH: THE MYTH OF

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Journal: NAMEH-YE OLUM-E EJTEMAI Year:2001 | Volume:NEW | Issue:16 Page(s): 137-165

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A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A POLITICAL MYTH: THE MYTH OF "VAI" IN THE IRANIAN CULTURE AND ITS PEERS IN OTHER CULTURES

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MYTHOLOGY

THE MYTH OF WIND

ANTHROPOLOGY

POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

LEVI STRAUSS. STRUCTURAL

Abstract

Classical approaches toward myths, considering them as some inconsistent, unreal and meaningless forms, radically changed in 19th century under the effect of discoveries in the field of the historical linguistics and the development of the structural method. Under the influence of the linguistic school of Prague, the French structuralism tends toward an analysis of myths. In this analysis, myths are considered as forms containing meanings, emphasizing on the opposition between signified and signifier as it is put in structural linguistics. Thus, the analysis of myths was used as a means to understand the hidden concepts of the human mind. The main characteristic of political myths is their report, in form as in content, with the universe of power. Symbols and signs of power look above all for the legitimation of the couple "to order I to obey" among human beings. These signs, as the Iranian "far" (the Greek charisma) can take some different shapes according to every culture, but carry some similar significances and generally some comparable aftermaths. The myth of "vai" (the wind) in the ancient Iranian culture and its peers in other cultures, either the neighboring Indo- Iranian cultures or the faraway extreme orient and the preColombian American cultures, show some meaningful resemblances concerning the concept of power. In this article, after a description of the structural analysis according to Levi-Strauss, this method is used to study the myth of "vai" and the concepts that come with it in different cultures to constitute a general table. The aim of the article is, especially, to demonstrate the "mediatic" dimension of this political myth.

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FAKOUHI, N.. (2001). A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A POLITICAL MYTH: THE MYTH OF "VAI" IN THE IRANIAN CULTURE AND ITS PEERS IN OTHER CULTURES. NAMEH-YE OLUM-E EJTEMAI, NEW(16), 137-165. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/532189/en

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FAKOUHI N.. A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A POLITICAL MYTH: THE MYTH OF "VAI" IN THE IRANIAN CULTURE AND ITS PEERS IN OTHER CULTURES. NAMEH-YE OLUM-E EJTEMAI[Internet]. 2001;NEW(16):137-165. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/532189/en

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N. FAKOUHI, “A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A POLITICAL MYTH: THE MYTH OF "VAI" IN THE IRANIAN CULTURE AND ITS PEERS IN OTHER CULTURES,” NAMEH-YE OLUM-E EJTEMAI, vol. NEW, no. 16, pp. 137–165, 2001, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/532189/en

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