Metaphor and Political Discourse:Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe

Musolff, Andreas (2004) Metaphor and Political Discourse:Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-3389-8

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Language and Communication Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Heritage and History Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Area Studies
Depositing User:	Philip Robinson
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2011 12:24
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 01:06
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25540
DOI:	10.1057/9780230504516

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