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The Mythology of Modern Law (Paperback, New)
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The Mythology of Modern Law (Paperback, New)
Series: Sociology of Law and Crime
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"The Mythology of Modern Law" is a radical reappraisal of the role
of myth in modern society. Fitzpatrick uses the example of law, an
integral category of modern social thought, to challenge the claims
of modernity which deny the relevance of myth to the practice of
law in modern society. Peter Fitzpatrick argues that law is mythic
both in its origin and as a continuing social force, and depends
for its identity on other mythic categories, such as the nation,
the individual and the "sciences of man and society". He traces the
development of the hold of mythology on Western society to the
Enlightenment, despite the supposedly secular rationality of that
period, and shows how it was strengthened by the experience of
imperialism, when European identity was created in opposition to
racially defined "others". Challenging and controversial, "The
Mythology of Modern Law" questions current conceptions of legal and
social theory. It revises the very foundations of jurisprudence and
the sociology of law and undermines the exclusive stands taken
within these disciplines.
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