Production metaphors as an example of metaphorical dehumanization of the university in the press discourse around the reform of science and higher education (2011–2014) Cover Image

Metafory produkcji jako przykład metaforycznej dehumanizacji uniwersytetu w prasowym dyskursie wokół reformy nauki i szkolnictwa wyższego (2011–2014)
Production metaphors as an example of metaphorical dehumanization of the university in the press discourse around the reform of science and higher education (2011–2014)

Author(s): Dominik Chomik
Subject(s): Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: discourse; metaphor; higher education; dehumanization;

Summary/Abstract: The present text, part of a broader study of the public discourse around university reform, concerns a group of cognitively understood metaphors, herein referred to as production metaphors . The perspective for their interpretation is determined by the title concept of dehumanisation, which discursively can manifest itself through terms considered synonymous or within an extended description of reality . It is therefore purposeful to identify the constituent features of dehumanisation, which is served, among other things, by Nick Haslam’s psychological conception of its types and components . The presentation of the dehumanisation of the university through the metaphor of production leads to an indication of the areas in which this potential manifests itself, as well as the conceptual relationships between specific manifestations of dehumanisation .

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 35-48
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish