0000000000414946

AUTHOR

Heino Nyyssönen

showing 2 related works from this author

The presence of the past in politics : "1956" after 1956 in Hungary

1999

kapinatpoliittinen kulttuurisisäpolitiikkahistoriapoliittinen historiaUnkari1990-lukulehdistökirjoittelu1980-luku1956yhteiskunnallinen muutossiirtymätaloussosialistiset maatKádár János1900-luku
researchProduct

“Another Munich We Just Cannot Afford”: Historical Metonymy In Politics

2016

The appeasement of Hitler and the Munich Agreement is a rhetorical comparison used commonly in international relations to defend politico-military action. On the basis of conceptual history and rhetorics, we examine cases of political speech in this paradigm. Firstly, we discuss time and conceptualize experience into first and second order experiences. Secondly, the roles of metaphor, metonymy and analogy in relation to thought and action are examined. We then contextualise Munich 1938, and present three cases demonstrating the political usage of this metonymy since WWII. These range from the Suez Crises to the Gulf War and on-going War on Terror. These cases show that “Munich” can be used …

HistoryMetaphorrhetoricGeneral Chemical Engineeringmedia_common.quotation_subjectappeasement0211 other engineering and technologiesAnalogy02 engineering and technologymetaphorAppeasement050602 political science & public administrationRhetorical questionConceptual historyMunich Agreementta517media_commonInternational relationsLiterature021110 strategic defence & security studiesMetonymybusiness.industry05 social sciences16. Peace & justicelcsh:JC11-607lcsh:Women. Feminismanalogylcsh:Political theoryappeasement; analogy; metaphor; metonymy; conceptual history; rhetoric0506 political scienceEpistemologyconceptual historymetonymybusinesslcsh:HQ1101-2030.7Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory
researchProduct