{"product_id":"warring-with-words","title":"Warring with Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eScholars in many of the disciplines surrounding politics explicitly utilize either a narrative perspective or a metaphor perspective (though rarely the two in combination) to analyze issues -- theoretical and practical, domestic and international -- in the broad field of politics. Among the topics they have studied are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecompeting metaphors for the state or nation which have been coined over the centuries in diverse cultures;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe frequency with which communal and international conflicts are generated, at least in part, by the clashing religious and historical narratives held by opposing groups;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe cognitive short-cuts employing metaphor by which citizens make sense of politics;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe need for political candidates to project a convincing self-narrative;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe extent to which the metaphors used to formulate social issues determine the policies which will be developed to resolve them;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe failure of narratives around the security of the nation to take account of the individual experiences of women and children.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the first in which eminent scholars from disciplines as diverse as social psychology, anthropology, political theory, international relations, feminist political science, and media studies, have sought to integrate the narrative and the metaphor perspectives on politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will appeal to any scholar interested in the many ways in which narrative and metaphor function in combination as cognitive and rhetorical instruments in discourse around politics. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248557511000,"sku":"9781848725676","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/warring-with-words","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}