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Political language and metaphor : interpreting and changing the world / edited by Terrell Carver and Jernej Pikalo.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge innovations in political theory ; 30Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xv, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415417358 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 041541735X (hbk)
  • 9780203931233 (e-book)
  • 0203931238 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01/4
LOC classification:
  • JA 85 P769 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
The ways of stargazing : Newtonian metaphoricity in American foreign policy / Dimitrios E. Akrivoulis -- Slippery slopes in political discourse / Dag Stenvoll -- Mechanical metaphors in politics / Jernej Pikalo -- Metaphors of social order / Erik Ringmar -- Metaphors of solidarity / Iseult Honohan -- Exploring the metaphorical (de- )construction of legitimacy : a comparison of legitimation discourses in American and British newspapers / Steffen G. Scheneider -- Identifying and assessing metaphors : discourse on EU reform / Petr Drulák -- Discursive metaphor analysis : (de)construction(s) of Europe / Jochen Walter and Jan Helmig -- Political protest and metaphor / Charlotte Fridolfsson -- Real construction through metaphorical language : how animals and machines (amongst other metaphors) maketh (hu)man (what 'he' is) / Terrell Carver -- Data, anecdote and metaphor in gender equality policy-making : merging 'intellectual and real world mainstreaming' / Gemma M. Carney -- Metaphors, mini-narratives and Foucauldian discourse theory / Véronique Mottier -- Metaphor, catachresis and equivalence : the rhetoric of Freedom to Fly in the struggle over aviation policy in the United Kingdom / David Howarth and Steven Griggs -- Love and life in heartless town : or, the use of metaphor in local planning / Merlijn J. van Hulst -- Cognition meets action : metaphors as models of and models for / Dvora Yanow -- The application of conceptual metaphor theory to political discourse : methodological questions and some possible solutions / Alan Cienki -- Metaphorical moves : 'scientific expertise' in research policy studies / Philippe Sormani and Martin Benninghoff -- A metaphorical election style : use of metaphor at election time / Dieter Vertessen and Christ'l de Landtsheer -- Reflections / Terrell Carver and Jernej Pikalo.
Summary: This volume develops new methodological approaches to understanding and analysing the use of metaphor in political science and international studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290) and index.

The ways of stargazing : Newtonian metaphoricity in American foreign policy / Dimitrios E. Akrivoulis -- Slippery slopes in political discourse / Dag Stenvoll -- Mechanical metaphors in politics / Jernej Pikalo -- Metaphors of social order / Erik Ringmar -- Metaphors of solidarity / Iseult Honohan -- Exploring the metaphorical (de- )construction of legitimacy : a comparison of legitimation discourses in American and British newspapers / Steffen G. Scheneider -- Identifying and assessing metaphors : discourse on EU reform / Petr Drulák -- Discursive metaphor analysis : (de)construction(s) of Europe / Jochen Walter and Jan Helmig -- Political protest and metaphor / Charlotte Fridolfsson -- Real construction through metaphorical language : how animals and machines (amongst other metaphors) maketh (hu)man (what 'he' is) / Terrell Carver -- Data, anecdote and metaphor in gender equality policy-making : merging 'intellectual and real world mainstreaming' / Gemma M. Carney -- Metaphors, mini-narratives and Foucauldian discourse theory / Véronique Mottier -- Metaphor, catachresis and equivalence : the rhetoric of Freedom to Fly in the struggle over aviation policy in the United Kingdom / David Howarth and Steven Griggs -- Love and life in heartless town : or, the use of metaphor in local planning / Merlijn J. van Hulst -- Cognition meets action : metaphors as models of and models for / Dvora Yanow -- The application of conceptual metaphor theory to political discourse : methodological questions and some possible solutions / Alan Cienki -- Metaphorical moves : 'scientific expertise' in research policy studies / Philippe Sormani and Martin Benninghoff -- A metaphorical election style : use of metaphor at election time / Dieter Vertessen and Christ'l de Landtsheer -- Reflections / Terrell Carver and Jernej Pikalo.

This volume develops new methodological approaches to understanding and analysing the use of metaphor in political science and international studies.

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