Invented History, Fabricated Power

Invented History, Fabricated PowerThis book examines more than twenty cultures, both ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, emphasizing how kings, empires, religions and societies have enhanced their authority and power through fictional histories, claims of divine origins, fabricated genealogies, and miraculous events presented in literary works and forged doctrines.

This is an essential study guide for students and an invaluable reference for practitioners

Addresses a genuine gap in word and image studies

Gus van Sant’s Psycho and Guillermo de Toro’s Cronos

millions of people fought to end the reign of capitalist values and usher in a new

shedding new light on the social networks and narratives

untechnical language how experimental research in this area has provided economists with much greater understanding of economic behaviour

John Barrymore’s Jekyll and Hyde

poems and songs are themselves very appealing

Explains Morrison's relation to the American civil rights and Black Consciousness movements

so characteristic of life in the great metropolis of early modern London

patient consent

and how the spiritual world and natural world mutually enriched each other in the medieval world of China