LEGITIMACY: MYTH AND POLITICS THE CASE OF POLITICAL SPEECHES OF FRANJO TUĐMAN

The article explores the significance held by political myths for legitimacy and politics. To that end, we examine political myth in line with the contemporary theory of political myth, which understands political myths as an integral part of all political communities that is not inherent to just au...

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Published in:Teorija in praksa 2024-04, Vol.61 (1), p.41-56
Main Authors: Antolić, Andreja, Lukšič, Igor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Legitimacy
Mythology
Narratives
Political discourse
Political power
Political theory
Politics
Speeches
Totalitarianism
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Summary:The article explores the significance held by political myths for legitimacy and politics. To that end, we examine political myth in line with the contemporary theory of political myth, which understands political myths as an integral part of all political communities that is not inherent to just authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Every political community has their own stories/narratives that are accepted by most of the population and form the base of the legitimacy of the political order, whether it be a democratic or a non-democratic political order. In the final part of the article, we examine which narratives had such a legitimising power by analysing the political speeches of Franjo Tuđman while he was in office. Keywords: legitimacy, politics, political myth, political speech analysis, Tuđman.
ISSN:0040-3598
DOI:10.51936/tip.61.1.41