Metaphor and Political Discourse | Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe

A. Musolff

ISBN 10: 1349516910 / ISBN 13: 9781349516919

Published by Palgrave MacMillan UK, 2004

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Metaphor and Political Discourse | Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe | A. Musolff | Taschenbuch | viii | Englisch | 2004 | Palgrave MacMillan UK | EAN 9781349516919 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Metaphor and Political Discourse | Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349516910
• ISBN 13: 9781349516919
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 13D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 286 grams
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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.

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.