Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse by Christopher Collins
Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse

Christopher Collins

Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse

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Christopher Collins

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Reveals how certain strategic metaphors embedded in the early Western literary canon have promoted--and continue to promote--systems of inequality and social control. Collins examines texts ranging from the Homeric epics and the Platonic dialogues...

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