Peter J. Adams

Monster Metaphors (eBook, PDF)

When Rhetoric Runs Amok

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to contain their dominance.

The volume begins by unpacking the dynamics of metaphors, their power and influence and the ways in which they are bolstered by other rhetorical devices. Adams draws on four case studies to illustrate their destructive impact when they eclipse other points of view-the metaphor of mental illness; the metaphor of free-flowing markets; the metaphor of the mind as a mirror and the metaphor of men as naturally superior. Taken together, these examples prompt further reflection on the beneficiaries of these "monster metaphors" and how they promote such metaphors to serve their own interests but also on ways forward for challenging their dominance, strategies for preventing their rise and ways of creating space for alternatives.

This book will be of interest to scholars interested in the study of metaphor, across such fields as linguistics, rhetoric and media studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000860665
• Artikelnr.: 67571148

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Adams practiced as a psychologist before engaging in research on applied rhetoric, addiction studies, existential issues and industry conflicts of interest. He has published seven sole-authored books on these topics. He is employed as a full professor at the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introducing Monster Life
Chapter 2: How Metaphors Work
Chapter 3: The Holy Trinity: Metaphor, Synecdoche and Metonymy
Chapter 4: The Creative Potential of Metaphors
Chapter 5: When Metaphors Turn Nasty
Chapter 6: Monster 1, Mental Illness
Chapter 7: Monster 2, Free-Flowing Markets
Chapter 8: Monster 3, The Mirror of Nature
Chapter 9: Monster 4, Men as Naturally Superior
Chapter 10: Vested Interests
Chapter 11: Resisting Monster Dominance
Chapter 12: Promoting Monster-Free Environments
Chapter 13: Letting Monsters Go
Index

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introducing Monster Life

Chapter 2: How Metaphors Work

Chapter 3: The Holy Trinity: Metaphor, Synecdoche and Metonymy

Chapter 4: The Creative Potential of Metaphors

Chapter 5: When Metaphors Turn Nasty

Chapter 6: Monster 1, Mental Illness

Chapter 7: Monster 2, Free-Flowing Markets

Chapter 8: Monster 3, The Mirror of Nature

Chapter 9: Monster 4, Men as Naturally Superior

Chapter 10: Vested Interests

Chapter 11: Resisting Monster Dominance

Chapter 12: Promoting Monster-Free Environments

Chapter 13: Letting Monsters Go

Index

Rezensionen

"Among the many strengths of the book are: the major social implications of the case studies; the breadth of the author's knowledge of the fields he explores; the vivid stories he tells about the origins of each monster metaphor; the references to his personal experience...the occasional humour; and the vividly engaging style with which it is written." - Michael Hanne, Language in Society

"Overall, the book is a knowledgeable, exciting, irritating, and also a political book. It is definitely worth reading." - Jo Reichertz, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen, Forum: Qualitative Social Research

"[This book] is a compelling examination of the formidable power of metaphors in our lives. It is an urgent call for vigilance, reflection, and active resistance against the behemoth metaphors that threaten to overshadow alternative, often more nuanced, perspectives." - Zilong Zhong, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Rhetoric Review