Metaphor, nation and the holocaust : the concept of the body politic /: the concept of the body politic. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andreas Musolff.
• Other Names: Musolff, Andreas
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Deadly metaphors that won't die? Bodies and parasites as concepts of political discourse-- Part I. 2. The cognitive import of metaphor in Nazi ideology -- 3. Body, nature and disease as political categories in Mein Kampf -- 4. The public presentation and reception of anti-semitic imagery in Nazi Germany -- 5. Methodological reflection: body and illness metaphors in the evolution of western political thought and discourse -- Part II. 6. Solidarity and hierarchy: the body-state metaphor in the Middle Ages -- 7. Concepts of healing the body politic in the Renaissance -- 8. From political anatomy to social pathology: modern scenarios of the body politic and its therapy -- 9. German conceptual and discursive traditions of the body politic metaphor -- 10. Conclusion: Metaphor in discourse history.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (236 pages), (9 illustrations)
• Subjects: 320.01/4; HISTORY / Holocaust; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects; Metaphor; Analogy; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136940200; 1136940200
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