Patricia L. Dunmire

List of John Benjamins publications in which Patricia L. Dunmire is involved.

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Projecting the Future through Political Discourse: The case of the Bush doctrine

Patricia L. Dunmire

This monograph examines the rhetorical nature and function of representations of the future in political discourse, focusing on political actors’ use of hegemonic images of future “reality” to achieve their political goals. It argues that a key ideological dimension of political rhetoric lies in… read more

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 41] 2011. xi, 218 pp.

Dunmire, Patricia L. 2026 Still-not-yet: Perpetual war and the futurity of peace Discourses of War and Peace: 21st century perspectives, Ilie, Cornelia (ed.), pp. 30–62 | Chapter

As numerous scholars have documented, the United States has had an active military presence around the globe since the end of World War II which has enabled it to intervene in numerous countries and regions. It is within this context that I examine how peace has been conceptualized in the State… read more

Dunmire, Patricia L. 2017 Democratic peace as global errand: America’s post-Cold War foreign policy jeremiad Journal of Language and Politics 16:2, pp. 176–194 | Article

Focusing on the foreign policy discourse of George H. W. Bush and William Clinton, I examine the role the American jeremiad played in conceptualizing the geopolitical change initiated by the ending of the Cold War. I identify “extending the democratic peace” as the nation’s post-Cold War… read more

Dunmire, Patricia L. 2012 Review of Cap (2008): Legitimisation in political discourse: A cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric Journal of Language and Politics 11:1, pp. 157–161 | Review

Dunmire, Patricia L. 2012 Review of Hodges (2011): The “War on Terror” Narrative: Discourse and Intertextuality in the Construction and Contestation of Sociopolitical Reality Journal of Language and Politics 11:4, pp. 632–636 | Review

Dunmire, Patricia L. 2008 4. The rhetoric of temporality: The future as linguistic construct and rhetorical resource Rhetoric in Detail: Discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text, Johnstone, Barbara and Christopher Eisenhart (eds.), pp. 81–111 | Article

Dunmire, Patricia L. 2007 “Emerging threats” and “coming dangers”: Claiming the future for preventive war Discourse, War and Terrorism, Hodges, Adam and Chad Nilep (eds.), pp. 19–43 | Chapter