Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
MythicAmerica explores the mythic dimension of American political culture, past, present, and future. The blogger, Ira Chernus, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity.
His new “MythicAmerica: Essays” offer an online introduction to the study of American myths. Read about the blog and the author here.
To receive periodic email summaries of the blog, send an email to update@mythicamerica.us, with “Update” in the subject line. You can communicate directly with Ira at the same address.
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Dec 13, 2013
Time to Bring Back the "Great Man" Theory of History?
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Dec 4, 2013
The Mideast is America's New Wild West
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Nov 20, 2013
11/22: The Day "Truth" Died
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Nov 14, 2013
"End Times for Obama": The Jacksonian Myth Lives On
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Oct 31, 2013
Critics of Spying on Allies Need a Better Narrative
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Oct 24, 2013
In the Shadow of the Progressive Era, for Better and for Worse
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Oct 17, 2013
Uncovering the Tea Party's Radical Roots
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Oct 9, 2013
The Myth That Makes the GOP Suicidal
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Oct 2, 2013
"Yes, We Have No Narratives": A Great American Myth
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Sep 25, 2013
Obama's Syria Shift Sends Foreign Policy Elite Back to School
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Sep 17, 2013
Americans Still Favor Global Intervention -- FDR-Style
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Aug 22, 2013
The Question Americans Can't Ask About Egypt and Syria
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Aug 15, 2013
Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Egypt: Compare and Contrast
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Aug 7, 2013
“Them Bad Russians” Still Haunt America
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Aug 1, 2013
Bradley Manning Meets Woodrow Wilson: The Secret of the Espionage Act Revealed
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jul 25, 2013
Walt Whitman: Dreaming of America, On the Road
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jul 20, 2013
What Ever Happened to American Regionalism?
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jul 11, 2013
Liberals Tolerate Ambiguity More Than Conservatives
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jul 2, 2013
Who Says Conservatives Are More Patriotic?
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jun 26, 2013
On DOMA, Right-Wing Justices Got It Right -- and Wrong
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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