Mythic Incantations of American Empire
Mythic Incantations of American Empire
Author(s): Robert Ivie, Oscar GinerSubject(s): Politics, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: war; empire; myth; metaphor; trickster
Summary/Abstract: American empire is sustained by the mythic incantations of rhetorical rituals constituting an attitude of war. The discourse of empire consists of dead metaphors that lend a sense of necessity and inevitability to war by depicting it as rhythmical, timeless, migratory, clean, and heroic. It is a persistent but declining discourse. Its totalizing worldview resists critique, leaving it politically moribund and exposed to transformation by tricksters.
Journal: Res Rhetorica
- Issue Year: 2/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 2-15
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English