Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes

by Wolfgang Mieder

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Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetoric. In looking at political proverbs in the twentieth century, Wolfgang Mieder--the leading expert on proverbs today--offers proof of the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom to serve any master or any purpose, for good or ill.
Mieder first singles out Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, in which...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0299154548

ISBN13:9780299154547

Release Date:April 1997

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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