George Lakoff: 13 books
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff’s classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more vigorously...
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!
Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestselling book on political debate and messaging, George Lakoff returns with new strategies about how to frame today’s essential issues.
Called the “father of framing” by The New York Times, Lakoff explains how framing is about ideas—ideas...
Non pensare all'elefante!
Come riprendersi il discorso politico
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 2, 2019
Le tecniche per battere la destra e reinventare la sinistra, a partire dalle parole che usiamo ogni giorno.
«Se volete contribuire a una politica della solidarietà e dei ponti invece che del rancore e dei muri, leggete Lakoff, anzi studiatelo, e poi mettete in pratica i suoi insegnamenti....
Whose Freedom?
The Battle over America's Most Important Idea
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has relentlessly invoked the word "freedom." The United States can strike preemptively because "freedom is on the march." Social security should be privatized in order to protect individual freedoms. In the 2005 presidential inaugural...
Thinking Points
Communicating Our American Values and Vision
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Two years ago George Lakoff published the bestselling Don't Think of an Elephant! Its account of the conservative monopoly on effective framing touched off a national discussion about political language. It also gave rise to a chorus of pleas for more:
* What is the progressive vision of America;
*...
The Political Mind
A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
A groundbreaking scientific examination of the way our brains understand politics from a New York Times bestselling author
One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff has a knack for making science make sense for general readers. In his new book, Lakoff...
by George Lakoff
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2008
"Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. . . . Lakoff...
No pienses en un elefante
Lenguaje y debate político
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Las palabras no son inocentes. Puede que aún menos de lo que pensábamos. La palabra «elefante» hace que evoquemos automáticamente a un animal de trompa flexible y orejas grandes. Incluso cuando le pedimos a alguien que no piense en uno, lo estamos evocando. No solo eso: estamos dando carta de...
Puntos de reflexión
Manual del Progresista
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Con No pienses en un elefante George Lakoff convirtió la lingüística en el género de moda entre todos aquellos interesados en la política. Puntos de reflexión abunda en las teorías de su anterior libro y, además, se emplea a fondo en desmontar uno a uno los artificios demagógicos de la derecha....
by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless...
The Little Blue Book
The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The indispensable handbook for Democrats
Voters cast their ballots for what they believe is right, for the things that make moral sense. Yet Democrats have too often failed to use language linking their moral values with their policies. The Little Blue Book demonstrates how to make that connection...
Your Brain's Politics
How the Science of Mind Explains the Political Divide
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
At first glance, issues like economic inequality, healthcare, climate change, and abortion seem unrelated. However, when thinking and talking about them, people reliably fall into two camps: conservative and liberal. What explains this divide? Why do conservatives and liberals hold the positions they...
More than Cool Reason
A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2009
"The authors restore metaphor to our lives by showing us that it's never gone away. We've merely been taught to talk as if it had: as though weather maps were more 'real' than the breath of autumn; as though, for that matter, Reason was really 'cool.' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme...