Resumen de Myth and ideology in Miki Kiyoshi
The aim of this article is to elucidate Miki’s theory of ideology by presenting it together with his concept of myth. In order to do so, I will focus mainly upon two texts: Historical Materialism and Present-Day Consciousness (1928) and Preparatory Concepts in Social Science (1932) respectively. Although these two works belong to very different periods of Miki’s life, I will argue that it is possible to trace a continuity between them by means of the concept of ideology. In a nutshell, this discussion shall reveal that, according to Miki, ideology and myth do not represent modes of false consciousness, but rather praxis-oriented operationalizations of social knowledge that are particularly important during periods of political dislocation
