Mark J Landau

Conceptual Metaphor in Social Psychology

The Poetics of Everyday Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume gives an in-depth overview of how the interdisciplinary study of metaphor gives us profound insights into how people create meaning. It reveals four core concepts: how metaphor is deeply woven into daily sociocultural experiences; how metaphor is an essential cognitive mechanism to understand and experience abstraction; how metaphor use interacts with the sociocultural context; and why metaphor has significant outcomes in a large range of contexts. It is essential reading for social psychologists interested in metaphor and the cognitive underpinnings of social behavior, and will also appeal to many in cognitive psychology, linguistics, anthropology, communication, and philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781848724716
• ISBN-10: 1848724713
• Artikelnr.: 47519606

Autorenporträt

Mark J. Landau is associate professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, where he studies the influence of metaphor on social thought and behavior. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Jaynes's Challenge. 2. Social Psychology Meets Conceptual Metaphor. 3.
Metaphor in Meaning Making. 4. Motivation as Context. 5. The Cultural
Context: Universality and Variations. 6. The Self. 7. Interpersonal
Relationships. 8. Intergroup Relations. 9. Political and Health Discourse.