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The Tyranny Of Metaphors
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Author : Östen Ohlsson
language : en
Publisher: Santerus Academic Press
Release Date : 2014-12-02
The Tyranny Of Metaphors written by Östen Ohlsson and has been published by Santerus Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-02 with categories.
Metaphores are all around, but what do they really mean? This book will encourage you to think about them critically. A metaphor can say more than a thousand words. It is a blessing for us - but it can also be a curse. It helps us put into words remarkable phenomena, such as 'black holes'. Yet it can also obscure our view, throw up smokescreens and extinguish the light of thought ... Metaphors flourish in the workplaces of organisations. But what do all these words mean, and whom should one believe? Is it really the market that sets market-rate pay? (Or should the most fun jobs pay less?) And what does the hunt for cutting-edge competence mean exactly? Do truly sick organisations exist and, if so, can they be treated with pills or is surgery in the form of outsourcing the only cure? Osten Ohlsson and Bjorn Rombach encourage us to look for a metaphor and then to look beyond and around it. They want us to engage in free and conscious thought. By way of help, they present us with a toolset. The book is a provocative challenge to engage in critical analysis, rather than an attempt at persuasion."
The Tyranny Of Writing
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Author : Constanze Weth
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-25
The Tyranny Of Writing written by Constanze Weth and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book examines the powerful role of writing in society. The invention of writing, independently at various places and times in history, always stood at the cradle of powerful civilizations. It is impossible to imagine modern life without writing. As individuals and social groups we hold high expectations of its potential for societal and personal development. Globally, huge resources have been and are being invested in promoting literacy worldwide. So what could possibly be tyrannical about writing? The title is inspired by Ferdinand de Saussure's argument against writing as an object of linguistic research and what he called la tyrannie de la lettre. His critique denounced writing as an imperfect, distorted image of speech that obscures our view of language and its structure. The chapters of the book, written by experts in language and literacy studies, go beyond this and explore tyrannical aspects of writing in society through history and around the world: from Medieval Novgorod, the European Renaissance and 19th-century France and Germany over colonial Sudan to postcolonial Sri Lanka and Senegal and present-day Hong Kong and Central China to the Netherlands and Spain. The metaphor of 'tyranny of writing' serves as a heuristic for exploring ideologies of language and literacy in culture and society and tensions and contradictions between the written and the spoken word.
The Oxford Handbook Of Metaphor In Organization Studies
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language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-14
The Oxford Handbook Of Metaphor In Organization Studies written by and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-14 with Business & Economics categories.
Metaphors for organization and management have been a subject of strong interest in the area of organizational studies since the 1980s. Metaphors enhance the understanding of organizations and provide a mechanism for critiquing current practices, increasing effectiveness, and improving communication. The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies provides a comprehensive reference for researchers, educators, and managers. The book comprises twenty-nine chapters, which are authored by over forty contributors, many of whom have played major roles in the development of the field over the years. The theoretical underpinnings of organizational metaphors are explored. An array of metaphorical contexts for understanding management and organizations is presented. The various uses of metaphor as a tool in research, education, and management are addressed, as are the limitations of metaphors. Finally, future research directions related to metaphors in organizational studies and management are proposed.
Metaphor And The Portrayal Of The Cause S Of Sin And Evil In The Gospel Of Matthew
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Author : Judith V. Stack
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-02-25
Metaphor And The Portrayal Of The Cause S Of Sin And Evil In The Gospel Of Matthew written by Judith V. Stack and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-25 with Religion categories.
Metaphor and the Portrayal of the Cause(s) of Sin and Evil in the Gospel of Matthew traces the range and significance of metaphors regarding the origin and sin and evil in Matthew and their congruence with texts of his milieu.
A Psychohistory Of Metaphors
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Author : Brian J. McVeigh
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2016-04-04
A Psychohistory Of Metaphors written by Brian J. McVeigh and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-04 with Psychology categories.
How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring “meta-framing:” our ever-increasing capability to “step back” from the environment, search out its familiar features to explain the unfamiliar, and generate “as if” forms of knowledge and metaphors of location and vision. This book demonstrates how analogizing and abstracting have altered spatio-visual perceptions, expanding our introspective capabilities and allowing us to adapt to changing social circumstances.
Breaking Free From The Tyranny Of Beliefs
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Author : Lark Aleta Batey
language : en
Publisher: BalboaPress
Release Date : 2012-03-30
Breaking Free From The Tyranny Of Beliefs written by Lark Aleta Batey and has been published by BalboaPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-30 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
At the foundational level of westernized cultures is a Core Belief Matrix. This matrix consists of seven imbedded beliefs that bind us to a three dimensional world of limitations. Author Lark Batey takes the reader on a fascinating and liberating journey of systematic investigation and self exploration that reveals the ruse of the matrix and guides the reader to the discovery of the Sovereign Self. As a consciousness explorer, the reader will travel through historical events that defined the matrix, experience the story of our origins through the mythology of The Grand Experiment, and learn more about archetypal influence by traversing the mountains and valleys of our inner landscape through The Fools Journey and other universal paths of awakening. Traveling deeper into ones psyche, the explorer discovers how the play of duality, psychological overlays, and shame deepen the oppression of the Matrixs hold upon us. The next destination on the journey takes the explorer to the Field of All Possibilities, where glimpses of the Sovereign Self appear. Finally, the matrix can be dismantled and the explorer can Break Free from the Tyranny of Beliefsto dream new dreams that will create new worlds.
Coleridge S Metaphors Of Being
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Author : Edward Kessler
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
Coleridge S Metaphors Of Being written by Edward Kessler and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Poetry categories.
In an original and provocative demonstration that Coleridge's later poetry took on a powerful metaphysical conception, Edward Kessler emphasizes Coleridge's struggle with language as a means of both expressing and creating Being. While many of Coleridge's late poems are generally viewed as fragments that constitute an aesthetic failure, Professor Kessler contends that what at first may appear to reflect Coleridge's inability to finish a poem can otherwise be seen as a deliberate rejection of what the poet came to see as a confining form. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Rule Of Metaphor
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Author : Paul Ricoeur
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06
The Rule Of Metaphor written by Paul Ricoeur and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Education categories.
First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Tyranny Of The Ideal
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Author : Gerald Gaus
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-08
The Tyranny Of The Ideal written by Gerald Gaus and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-08 with Philosophy categories.
In his provocative new book, The Tyranny of the Ideal, Gerald Gaus lays out a vision for how we should theorize about justice in a diverse society. Gaus shows how free and equal people, faced with intractable struggles and irreconcilable conflicts, might share a common moral life shaped by a just framework. He argues that if we are to take diversity seriously and if moral inquiry is sincere about shaping the world, then the pursuit of idealized and perfect theories of justice—essentially, the entire production of theories of justice that has dominated political philosophy for the past forty years—needs to change. Drawing on recent work in social science and philosophy, Gaus points to an important paradox: only those in a heterogeneous society—with its various religious, moral, and political perspectives—have a reasonable hope of understanding what an ideally just society would be like. However, due to its very nature, this world could never be collectively devoted to any single ideal. Gaus defends the moral constitution of this pluralistic, open society, where the very clash and disagreement of ideals spurs all to better understand what their personal ideals of justice happen to be. Presenting an original framework for how we should think about morality, The Tyranny of the Ideal rigorously analyzes a theory of ideal justice more suitable for contemporary times.
Metaphors Of Confinement
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Author : Monika Fludernik
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-13
Metaphors Of Confinement written by Monika Fludernik and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Metaphors of Confinement: The Prison in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy offers a historical survey of imaginings of the prison as expressed in carceral metaphors in a range of texts about imprisonment from Antiquity to the present as well as non-penal situations described as confining or restrictive. These imaginings coalesce into a 'carceral imaginary' that determines the way we think about prisons, just as social debates about punishment and criminals feed into the way carceral imaginary develops over time. Examining not only English-language prose fiction but also poetry and drama from the Middle Ages to postcolonial, particularly African, literature, the book juxtaposes literary and non-literary contexts and contrasts fictional and nonfictional representations of (im)prison(ment) and discussions about the prison as institution and experiential reality. It comments on present-day trends of punitivity and foregrounds the ethical dimensions of penal punishment. The main argument concerns the continuity of carceral metaphors through the centuries despite historical developments that included major shifts in policy (such as the invention of the penitentiary). The study looks at selected carceral metaphors, often from two complementary perspectives, such as the home as prison or the prison as home, or the factory as prison and the prison as factory. The case studies present particularly relevant genres and texts that employ these metaphors, often from a historical perspective that analyses development through different periods.