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Item Details
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MORAL POLITICS
WHAT CONSERVATIVES KNOW THAT LIBERALS DON'T |
| By: |
George Lakoff |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£17.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226467961 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226467962 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 May, 1996 |
| Pages: |
426 |
| Description: |
This study takes a look at how we think and talk about politics, showing that political and moral ideas develop in systematic ways from our models of ideal families. It examines how both liberals and conservatives link morality to politics through the concept of family. |
| Synopsis: |
What do conservatives know that liberals don't? According to George Lakoff, they know that American politics is about morality and the family. This study takes a look at how we think and talk about politics and shows that political and moral ideas develop in systematic ways from our models of ideal families. Lakoff reveals how family-based moral values determine views on such diverse issues as crime, gun control, taxation, social programmes, and the environment. He shows why it is consistent for conservatives to oppose subsidies for the poor but endorse them for business, or for liberals to oppose the death penalty but support abortion. He also explains why liberal and conservative stances contain the constellations of policies they do. Drawing on studies showing that we think in terms of metaphorical concepts, Lakoff analyzes the language of political discourse and finds it rife with metaphors. He shows how both liberals and conservatives link morality to politics through the concept of family. But they diverge in their opposing ideas of what an ideal family is.Conservative metaphors are united by the concept of a patriarchal family in which the parent's role is to develop self-discipline in the child by enforcing strict rules. By contrast, liberals view caring interaction in the family as the most effective means of creating competent and responsible children. Arguing that conservatives have exploited the connection between morality, the family, and politics, while liberals have failed to recognize it, Lakoff explains why the conservative moral position has not been effectively challenged. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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