出版社：Department of Anthropology, University of Durham
摘要：The German word Vergangenheitsbewältigung, 'overcoming the [Nazi] past', became a key term to describe the extraordinary form of negative nationalism that took hold in German political culture by the 1980's. Here the origins of the term, and its rhetorical character, are examined as a case in the study of rhetoric in culture. The term embodies metaphor and therefore exemplifies one view on culture, namely that culture is based in metaphor. But the term is rhetorical narrative as well, and the argument here is that narrative is at least as effective and widespread as a rhetorical move, and works closely with metaphor.
关键词：rhetoric; culture theory; narrative; metaphor; story seeds; post-war German nationalism
