Political Language and Metaphor: Interpreting and Changing the World (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory) (Volume 30)

Carver, T (ed)

ISBN 10: 0415663768 / ISBN 13: 9780415663762

Editore: Routledge, 2011

Volume 30. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780415663762. Codice articolo 7082237

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull'autore:

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.

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Titolo: Political Language and Metaphor: ...
Casa editrice: Routledge
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good