“Another Munich We Just Cannot Afford”: Historical Metonymy In Politics

The appeasement of Hitler and the Munich Agreement is a rhetorical comparison used commonly in international relations to defend politico-military action. On the basis of conceptual history and rhetorics, we examine cases of political speech in this paradigm. Firstly, we discuss time and conceptuali...

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Main Authors: Heino Nyyssönen, Brendan Humphreys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2016-09-01
Series:Redescriptions
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Online Access:https://journal-redescriptions.org/articles/68