History brought into a form: political storytelling

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dc.contributor.authorvon Heyking, John
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-20T03:03:29Z
dc.date.available2020-11-20T03:03:29Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionPermission to archive the accepted author manuscripten_US
dc.description.abstractStorytelling is the form of the collective life we call politics. Politics is about performing actions and subsequently sharing stories about those actions. To answer the question posed as the title of this volume, history emerges when human beings perform actions together, and then reflect together upon those actions, frequently as Homer says they feast “at rows of tables throughout the banquet hall.” History emerges from the “eranos” or “love feast” people share. This essay examines the experiential core of this transition from action to thought, and back to action again, by considering Homer’s presentation of Odysseus’ visit to the land of the Phaeacians and his conversation with King Alcinous. The essay then considers a 20th-century instantiation of storytelling as history in the form of the statesman, Winston Churchill.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationvon Heyking,J. (2020). History brought into a form: Political storytelling. In T. Schabert & J. von Heyking (Eds.), Where from does history emerge? Inquiries in political cosmogony (pp. 77-96). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672206-007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5805
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyteren_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672206-007en_US
dc.subjectPolitical storytelling
dc.subjectHomer's Odysseus
dc.subjectStorytelling as history
dc.subjectWinston Churchill
dc.subject.lcshStorytelling--Political aspects
dc.subject.lcshOdysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)
dc.subject.lcshChurchill, Winston, 1871-1947
dc.titleHistory brought into a form: political storytellingen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US
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