You Are Not Human
eBook - ePub

You Are Not Human

How Words Kill

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

You Are Not Human

How Words Kill

About this book

In Nazi Germany, Hitler portrayed the Jews as vermin and six million people were killed. Metaphors can make the unreasonable seem reasonable, the illegitimate appear legitimate, and good people turn evil.Top speechwriter Simon Lancaster goes on a mission to explore how metaphors are used and abused today. From Washington to Westminster, Silicon Valley to Syria, Glastonbury to Grenfell, he discovers the same images being used repeatedly. Scum! Bitch! Vegetable! Whilst vulnerable groups are dehumanised, the powerful are hailed as stars, angels or even gods.Prepare to take a journey into the surreal. This book raises profound questions about the power of language and the language of power. You will never think about words in the same way again.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. THIS IS NOT AN INTRODUCTION…
  7. PIGGIES
  8. TROLL
  9. VEGETABLE
  10. SCUM
  11. VERMIN
  12. BITCH
  13. GROOMING
  14. GORILLA
  15. SPIN
  16. ALEXA
  17. FAMILY
  18. STAR
  19. ANGEL
  20. TITANS
  21. GOD
  22. THIS IS NOT THE END…
  23. Acknowledgements
  24. Endnotes
  25. Index
  26. About the author
  27. Copyright