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n.n. 1997. Organic and mechanical metaphors in late eighteenth-century American political thought. 18 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
18th century | American | American political thought | mechanical metaphor | organic metaphor | political thought | politics | use of metaphor in politics

Abstract

The author argues that the two metaphors, organic and mechanical, were interrelated and show the balance that occurs in political institutions. (Virginia Montecino)