What Makes Metaphors 'Powerful'?

  • Nicola Zambon Freie Universität Berlin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/2385-1945/7185

Abstract

In the past decades, the development of different theoretical frameworks has stimulated systematic empirical study on metaphors’ role in social, psychological, emotional phenomena, ascribing metaphors an unspecified, undetermined notion of ‘power’. The paper discusses the possible origins and implications of such notion, suggesting an alternative idea.

Author Biography

Nicola Zambon, Freie Universität Berlin

Researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin and Fellow of the Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie in Hannover. He graduated with a thesis on Hans Blumenberg, whose Nachlass he edits. He works mainly on phenomenology, philosophical anthropology and rhetoric.

Published
2022-10-15
How to Cite
Zambon, N. (2022). What Makes Metaphors ’Powerful’?. Philosophy Kitchen - Journal of Contemporary Philosophy, (17), 45-56. https://doi.org/10.13135/2385-1945/7185
Issue
No. 17 (2022): Metaphor. Through Experience and Thought
Section
I. Founding Landscapes