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Author:   Anaïs Augé
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032379807

ISBN 10:   1032379804
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   29 November 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Conceptualisations of the environment 1.1. Introduction 1.2. The complexity of the climate crisis and its metaphors 1.3. Metaphorical arguments in discourse: Narratives and Scenarios 1.4. Overview of the content Chapter 2: Cognitive bias and argumentation: the personification of the environment 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The ORGANS and BODY COMPONENTS of the environment 2.3. The HEALTH of the planet 2.4. NATURE AS A PERSON 2.5. Summary Chapter 3: The role of metaphors in the climate change debate: the political relevance of the topic 3.1. Introduction 3.2. The metaphor of the Cathedral 3.3. The conceptualisation of ANTAGONISTIC RELATIONSHIPS 3.4. ACTIVISM AS A (FAKE) RELIGION 3.5. Summary Chapter 4: Metaphors in argumentative texts: a corpus study 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Metaphors and literary genres: from science to (social) media 4.3. Metaphors in corpus: a case study 4.4. Argumentation through metaphorical exploitation: the selection of data 4.5. Summary Chapter 5: Metaphors of environmental optimism: climate change mitigation 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Green politics: COP26, a journey to a cleaner, greener future 5,3, Green solutions? Nuclear power and the ""Rainforest Chernobyl"" 5.5. Green solutions or greenwashing? The misuse of optimistic metaphors 5.6. Summary Chapter 6: Metaphors of environmental pessimism: uncontrollable climate crisis 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Activism through metaphor: ""There is no Planet B"" 6.3. Activism or alarmism? Misrepresentation of activists and ""deniers"" 6.4. Scientific uncertainties: ""Incriminating fingerprint"" 6.5. Summary Chapter 7: Global climate (in)justice: metaphorical emphasis on responsibilities 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Debates over (inter-)national responsibilities: the greenhouse world 7.3. Climate justice: definition(s) 7.4. Legal implications: ecocide and eco-terrorism 7.5. Summary Chapter 8: ""Earth to COP"": international dialogue with the Most Affected People and Areas (MAPA) 8.1. Introduction 8.2. The need to change international discourse about the climate crisis: ""words can reframe worlds"" 8.3. Promotion of cultures and traditions: the survival of the lands and the survival of the communities 8.4. The ""North-South"" Divide 8.5. Summary Chapter 9: Climate justice: overlapping crises in metaphorical discourse 9.1. Introduction 9.2. ""The climate crisis is not gender neutral"": metaphors of ecofeminism 9.3. ""Climate change is racist"": metaphorical views on environmental racism 9.4. ""Let’s talk about climate migrants, not climate refugees"": overlapping discourses and metaphors 9.5. Summary Chapter 10: Conclusion 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Arguments through metaphors in climate crisis discourse 10.3. Local climate crises: promotion of global solidarity 10.4. Further perspectives: activism, artivism, and the role of controversies Index

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Anaïs Augé is a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Louvain (Belgium), Institute of Political Sciences Louvain-Europe. Her research is notably published in Environmental Communication (doi: 10.1080/17524032.2021.1890174) and Metaphor & Symbol (doi: 10.1080/10926488.2019.1683949). She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Language and Culture.

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