George Lakoff, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $18 (274p) ISBN 978-0-374-15828-6
Lakoff revisits the theme of his 2004 bestseller (Don't Think of an Elephant!
), exploring the role of rhetorical metaphors in shaping political discourse. Specifically, he explores how the conservative and progressive definitions of "freedom
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George Lakoff, Author . Viking $25.95 (292p) ISBN 978-0-670-01927-4
Lakoff (Don't Think of an Elephant
) harnesses cognitive science to rally progressive politicians and voters by positing that conservatives have framed the debate on vital issues more effectively than liberals. According to his research,...
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George Lakoff, Author University of Chicago Press $24.95 (421p) ISBN 978-0-226-46796-2
In this book, Lakoff, a professor of linguistics and cognitive science at UC-Berkeley and author of Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things, examines the ""unconscious system of concepts"" underlying American political discourse. Basing his contention on...
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George Lakoff, Author, Rafael E. Nunez, Author, Rafael Nunez, Joint Author Basic Books $30 (512p) ISBN 978-0-465-03770-4
This groundbreaking exploration by linguist Lakoff (co-author, with Mark Johnson, of Metaphors We Live By) and psychologist N#$ez (co-editor of Reclaiming Cognition) brings two decades of insights from cognitive science to bear on the nature of...
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George Lakoff, Author, Howard Dean, Joint Author, Don Hazen, Joint Author Chelsea Green Publishing Company $10 (125p) ISBN 978-1-931498-71-5
Lakoff, a cognitive scientist and linguist at Berkeley, believes he knows why conservatives have been so successful in recent years and how progressives like himself can beat them at their own game. This slim book presents a simple, accessible...
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