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Posted: 15 Aug 2011 03:19 PM PDT

Glenn Hughes has published Voegelin's Use of Metaphor as an APSA 2011 Annual Meeting paper. Here is the abstract.

This paper discusses Eric Voegelin's use of key metaphors at the core of his philosophy of existence. After a look at Voegeli's notion of "symbol," it offers definitions of analogy and metaphor, then goes on to introduce notions of "existential metaphors" and "primal metaphors," the latter defined as those pertaining to transcendence or to human participation in transcendence.

Voegelin's choice to rely in his philosophy on primal metaphors such as "the Beyond" and " the In-Between" is examined, and this choice is finally related to his openness to and analyses of myth.Download the paper from SSRN at the link.

New International Law and Language Journal

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 08:05 AM PDT

A new online journal, the International Journal of Law, Language, & Discourse, and accompanying website, have launched here.

Here's the mission statement.

The International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse is published quarterly and presents articles related to legal issues, review of cases, comments and opinions on legal cases.

The International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse is a scholarly publication that examines a wide field of international legal issues. The Journal serves as both a practical resource for lawyers, judges, and legislators and those academics who teach the future legal generations. The Journal combines academic areas of law, discourse analysis, English linguistic analysis, combined with psycho-legal-linguistics.