Metaphor, nation and the holocaust : the concept of the body politic /
Musolff, Andreas.
New York, N.Y. ; London : Routledge,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Discourse analysis
Metaphor.
Analogy.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)