A cognitive approach to early conservatism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6084772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pascal Fischer (0009-0009-5800-8906) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-254 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.13.2.03fis |
| OpenAlex | W2088866976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Conservatism is notoriously difficult to define. In the present study, conceptual metaphor theory is used to elucidate the nature of this ideology in its early phase when it emerged in England as a force struggling with the ideas of the French Revolution. It can be shown that conservative authors frequently do not conform to the pattern of orientational metaphors described byGeorge Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), according to which “up” is usually regarded as positive and “down” as negative. Conservatives often associate their own ideas with depth or a downward movement, whereas the loathed ideas of the political opponents are related to height or an upward movement. This dichotomy is closely connected to the polarity between solidity, stability and weight on the one hand and gaseity, volatility and lightness on the other. The study bases its analysis on numerous political tracts, pamphlets, and novels from the 1790s and early 1800s
Aesthetics · Art · Conceptual metaphor · Conservatism · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classical Studies and Philology · Historical and Literary Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy
The Anti-Jacobin Novel
Metaphor in the ‘‘Strict Father’’ and ‘‘Nurturant Parent’’ cognitive models
The Anti‐Jacobin Novel
Vulgar Conservatism, 1792–3
The Volunteer Movement as an Anti-Revolutionary Force, 1793–1801
Conservative Political Thought in Britain in Response to the French Revolution
The English Jacobin Novel on Rights, Property and the Law
Edmund Burke's Idea of the Body Corporate
Ideology, discourse and nationalism
Bush’s and Gore’s language and gestures in the 2000 US presidential debates
Conservatism from John Adams to Churchill
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |