Archetype of the leader in the mirror of modern Ukrainian heroic myth: narcissistic aspect Cover Image

Архетип вождя у дзеркалі сучасного українського героїчного міфу: нарцисичний аспект
Archetype of the leader in the mirror of modern Ukrainian heroic myth: narcissistic aspect

Author(s): Gennady Krasnokutsky
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology of Culture, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: archetype (cultural); mythoheroic identification; narcissism; ‘Orange Revolution’;

Summary/Abstract: The article touches upon the phenomenon of "Orange Revolution" in the context of mythoheroic identification mechanism. There is explicated the narcissistic nature of this mechanism that made for both bloodless character of the ‘Revolution’ itself and fruitlessness of its results. The notion of ‘identification in uncertainty’ is grounded and consequences of such identification for the Ukrainian society are outlined.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 77-82
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian