Metaphor and Political Discourse
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Metaphor and Political Discourse

Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe

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Metaphor and Political Discourse

Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe

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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
Year
2004
ISBN
9780230504516
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Political History & Theory
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Abbreviations and conventions
  5. 1 Introduction: Metaphor and Politics
  6. 2 Conceptual Domains and Scenarios
  7. 3 Analogical argument in political discourse
  8. 4 Corpora and the Semantics of Metaphor
  9. 5 Europe as a BODY POLITIC
  10. 6 Discourse History in a Metaphor Corpus
  11. 7 Metaphor Negotiation
  12. 8 Metaphor as Deception
  13. 9 Open and Closed Metaphor Scenarios
  14. Notes and References
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index 1: General
  17. Index 2: Metaphor Scenarios and Their Conceptual Elements