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Metaphor and Political Discourse: Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe - Hardcover

Musolff, A.

 
9781403933898: Metaphor and Political Discourse: Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1403933898 ISBN 13: 9781403933898
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Synopsis

Far from being rhetorical ornaments, metaphors play a central role in public discourse, as they shape the structure of political categorisation and argumentation. Drawing on a very large bilingual corpus, this book, now in paperback, analyses the distribution of 'metaphor scenarios' in more than a decade of public discourse on European integration, elucidating differences in UK and German attitudes and argumentation. The corpus analysis leads to a refinement of cognitive metaphor theory by systematically relating conceptual, semantic and argumentation levels and incorporating the historical dimension of metaphor evolution. Finally, drawing on examples of metaphor negotiation and on a reassessment of Hobbes' concept of metaphor in Leviathan, the book highlights the ethical dimension of metaphor in politics.

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About the Author

Andreas Musolff is Professor of Intercultural Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK, and has published on political rhetoric and its history in Britain and Germany. His books include Metaphor, Nation and the Holocaust, Mirror Images of Europe, and Metaphor and Intercultural Communication.

From the Back Cover

Far from being rhetorical ornaments, metaphors play a central role in public discourse, as they shape the structure of political categorisation and argumentation. Drawing on a very large bilingual corpus, this book, now in paperback, analyses the distribution of 'metaphor scenarios' in more than a decade of public discourse on European integration, elucidating differences in UK and German attitudes and argumentation. The corpus analysis leads to a refinement of cognitive metaphor theory by systematically relating conceptual, semantic and argumentation levels and incorporating the historical dimension of metaphor evolution. Finally, drawing on examples of metaphor negotiation and on a reassessment of Hobbes' concept of metaphor in Leviathan, the book highlights the ethical dimension of metaphor in politics.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403933898
ISBN 13 
9781403933898
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
219