Political Language and Metaphor: Interpreting and Changing the World (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)

Terrell Carver; Jernej Pikalo

ISBN 10: 041541735X / ISBN 13: 9780415417358

Published by Routledge, 2008

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Hardcover, xvi+293 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright throughout, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show some handling wear, a few scuff-marks. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Part I Science -- 1 Ways of Stargazing: Newtonian Metaphoricity in American Foreign Policy / Dimitrios E. Akrivoulis [Newtonian metaphors in the American founding era; Newtonian constellations of 'NSC-68'] 2 Slippery Slopes in Political Discourse / Dag Stenvoll 3 Mechanical Metaphors in Politics / Jernej Pikalo [Political metaphor: a methodological primer; Individuals as social atoms, states as mass particles: Newtonian mechanics meets Descartes in political science; Metaphor: a prose of the world]; Part II Structures -- 4 Metaphors of Social Order / Erik Ringmar 5 Metaphors of Solidarity / Iseult Honohan [Traditional & Contemporary metaphors of solidarity; Family metaphors; Ethnic groups; Friendship; Alternatives; Social capital: voluntary relationships in civil society] 6 Exploring the Metaphorical (De-)construction of Legitimacy: A Comparison of Legitimation Discourses in American & British Newspapers / Steffen G. Schneider [Metaphors and the communicative dimension of legitimacy; Some empirical illustrations]; Part III Europe -- 7 Identifying and Assessing Metaphors: Discourse on EU Reform / Petr Drulak 8 Discursive Metaphor Analysis: (De)construction(s) of Europe / Jochen Walter & Jan Helmig 9 Political Protest and Metaphor / Charlotte Fridolfsson [Metaphor and discourse; Study of political metaphor and protest; Event one: A demonstration in Gothenburg; Conceptual metaphors and demonstrations; Event two: A Swedish referendum; Scientific and expert explanation; Chains of equivalence and a social symptom; Metaphor & the study of politics]; Part IV Sexuality -- 10 Real Construction Through Metaphorical Language: How Animals & Machines (Amongst Other Metaphors) Maketh (Hu)man (What 'he' Is) / Terrell Carver [De animalia; 'Modern times' the movie; Man's inhumanity to man] 11 Data, Anecdote & Metaphor in Gender Equality Policy-Making: Merging 'Intellectual and Real World Mainstreaming' / Gemma M. Carney [Political significance of gender mainstreaming; Mainstreaming language in the Republic of Ireland; Gender & metaphor; Defining metaphor; 'Battle of the sexes' vs 'gender mainstreaming'; What is the significance of the gender metaphor?] 12 Metaphors, Mini-narratives and Foucauldian Discourse Theory / Véronique Mottier [From semantics to pragmatics; Meaning, identity, power; Identity & narration]; Part V Policy -- 13 Metaphor, Catachresis & Equivalence: Rhetoric of Freedom to Fly in the Struggle Over Aviation Policy in the United Kingdom / David Howarth & Steven Griggs 14 Love and Life in Heart-less Town: Or, the Use of Metaphor in Local Planning / Merlijn J. van Hulst 15 Cognition Meets Action: Metaphors as Models 'of' and Models 'for' / Dvora Yanow ['Seeing-as': metaphors in practice; Case 1: community centres & supermarkets; Case 2: 'evidence-based' policies & practices; Que(e)rying metaphors]; Part VI Language -- 16 Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Political Discourse: Methodological Questions & Some Possible Solutions / Alan Cienki 17 Metaphorical Moves: 'Scientific Expertise' in Research Policy Studies / Philippe Sormani & Martin Benninghoff [Formal analysis in political science; Ethnomethodology, methods and metaphors; Abstracts and abstractions: studying research policy studies; A single abstract analysed; Accountable organisation & particular reading; Oriented reading and procedural description]; 18 A Metaphorical Election Style: Use of Metaphor at Election Time / Dieter Vertessen & Christ'l De Landtsheer [Style & political communication; Different perspectives on metaphors; How political metaphors work; A dynamic metaphor style; Hypotheses; Metaphor power; Language complexity; Modals; Crisis pattern; Sampling and coding; Results; Conclusions]; Reflections; Further Reading; Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Political Language and Metaphor: Interpreting and Changing the World (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041541735X
• ISBN 13: 9780415417358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Until a century ago, a metaphor was just a mere figure of speech, but since the development of discourse analysis a metaphor has become more than merely incidental to the content of the arguments or findings. Students and scholars in political studies know the importance of metaphors in electoral and policy-related politics, coming across metaphors that are, knowingly or unknowingly, influencing our perception of politics.

This book is the first to develop new methodological approaches to understand and analyse the use of metaphor in political science and international relations. It does this by:

• Combining theory with case studies in order to advance substantive work in politics and international relations that focuses on metaphor
• Expands the range of empirical case studies that employ this category descriptively and also in explanatory logic
• Advances research that investigates the role of metaphor in empirical and discourse-based methodologies, thus building on results from other disciplines, notably linguistics and hermeneutic philosophy.

This innovative study will be of interest to students and researchers of politics, international relations and communication studies.

About the Author

Terrell Carver is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bristol, UK.

Jernej Pikalo is Lecturer in Political Theory at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.