Moral politics : what conservatives know that liberals don't

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Moral politics : what conservatives know that liberals don't

George Lakoff

University of Chicago Press, 1996

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-413)

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: cloth ISBN 9780226467962

内容説明

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.

目次

Acknowledgments 1: The Minds and Politics 2: The Worldview Problem for American Politics 3: Experiential Mortality 4: Keeping the Moral Books 5: Strict Father Morality 6: Nurturant Parent Morality 7: Why We Need a New Understanding of American Politics 8: The Nature of the Model 9: Moral Categories in Politics 10: Social Programs and Taxes 11: Crime and the Death Penalty 12: Regulation and the Environment 13: The Culture Wars: From Affirmative Action to the Arts 14: Two Models of Christianity 15: Abortion 16: How Can You Love Your Country and Hate Your Government? 17: Varieties of Liberals and Conservatives 18: Pathologies, Stereotypes, and Distortions 19: Can There Be a Politics without Family Values? 20: Nonideological Reasons for Being a Liberal 21: Raising Real Children 22: The Human Mind 23: Basic Humanity Epilogue: Problems for Public Discourse References
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780226468051

内容説明

Taking a look at current thought about political and moral ideas, this book analyzes political discussion to find that the family - especially the ideal family - is the most powerful metaphor in politics. Revealing how family-based moral values determine views on such diverse issues as crime, gun control, taxation, social programmes, and the environment, George Lakoff looks at how conservatives and liberals link morality to politics through the concept of family and how these ideals diverge. 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. A warning to political pundits on both the left and the right, this work seeks to redefine how Americans think and talk about politics.

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