论西方文化中社会隐喻观照

Metaphor and Society in Western Culture

社会隐喻不仅是对社会现实的描绘,更重要的是对社会的建构起着重要的作用。当社会隐喻所建构的社会形象成为理解社会的向导时,人们在思维中就会形成一个由隐喻所建构的新的世界。探讨西方文化中占主导地位的几个社会隐喻,以揭示西方文化对社会的多重认识,以及这些认识是如何影响着西方的社会建构的。

Social metaphors play an important role not only in the description of society, but also in its construction as well.When the im-age thus constructed guides people＇ s understanding of society, a new world will be formed and even rooted in people＇ s mind.The paperdiscusses several cardinal metaphors that construct western society in order to have a better insight of westerners＇ understanding andconstruction of society.