Author

Publication

1995-12-01 - Peter Lang Publishing

Language

English

Word Count

117,000 words, Guess

Page Count

468 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95009730
  • Goodreads2406493
  • LibraryThing2538812

Classifications

  • LCCJX1395 .C495 1996

Description

Understanding the nature of the 'cold war' that followed World War II is now more than ever a focus of debate. Security Metaphors starts from the premise that political and international realities are created, sustained and unraveled in discourse. The book begins by examining the conceptual underpinnings of international relations theory, and by careful linguistic analysis shows how metaphorical discourse contributed to the beginning and ending of the dangerous competition between 'East' and 'West'. It concludes not by attributing power to language, but to the hegemonic power that can best wield it.

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