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The Return of Benjamin's Storyteller: Ronald Reagan as the Incorruptible Saint of Political Media

Chapter of: continent. Year 1: A Selection of Issues 1.1–1.4(pp. 66–78)

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TitleThe Return of Benjamin's Storyteller
SubtitleRonald Reagan as the Incorruptible Saint of Political Media
ContributorAdam Staley Groves(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0016.1.07
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/continent-year-1/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
CopyrightGroves, Staley A.
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2012-12-12
Long abstractSt. Reagan and the Return of the StorytellerThe 2004 Republican National Convention was a significant event concern-ing language and aesthetics in contemporary politics. The Reagan myth appeared as a stellar aura of sentimentality that churned a cultic swoon. Among the polity this spectacular mystery passed a glow upon the shoul-ders of gleeful followers. Engulfing George W. Bush’s body, the Reagan aura of the protector, the prophet, the historian, and narrator of American destiny oft portrayed as a humble man who simply transmits “content” bequeathed upon the sitting president his missionary staff to guard that “shining city on a hill.” This proverbial key to New Jerusalem follows Reagan’s own mythical thinking about the sacred role of the United States. After all the organism-city was under attack by “terrorism.” The “real America” had to be pre-served from suitcase nukes and radical Islam, what was needed, in fact, was the wise counsel of Reagan-Bush to survive not only as a nation, but as a world.
Page rangepp. 66–78
Print length13 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)