Political Language and Metaphor: Interpreting and changing the world

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Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, UK) Jernej Pikalo (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Political Language and Metaphor

Interpreting and changing the world

Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, UK), Jernej Pikalo (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

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Routledge
10 March 2008

Semantics; Communication studies; International relations

Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

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.

Edited by: Terrell Carver (University of Bristol UK), Jernej Pikalo (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: v. 30
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780415417358
ISBN 10: 041541735X
Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 10 March 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.