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Vol. 22:3 (2014) ► pp.373–401

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The JOURNEY metaphor and moral political cognition

 | Lodz University, Poland
Published online: 29 September 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.22.3.06abd
Although researchers have paid much attention to the journey metaphor (e.g., Forceville, 2006a, 2011a, 2011b; Forceville & Jeulink, 2011), little seems known about its role for moral political cognition. Using data from the US and UK public discourses on the Euro crisis as an example, this paper draws on Lakoff’s (1996) Moral Politics Theory, demonstrating that the journey metaphor can play a crucial role for political cognition, and especially for moral political judgment.
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