Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Class 1 notes

Mary Hodder has kindly transcribed many of the thoughts from Class 1. In general, Lakoff introduced the class and provided a quick overview of his thesis in Moral Politics

Introducing Lakoff's class

George Lakoff (author of Moral Politics) is teaching a graduate seminar in linguistics on the Language of Politics. So many folks have expressed interest to know what is happening with this class that i thought i would blog as much as possible. Of course, the interest resonates through the Berkeley campus as well. During the first class, 16 people were signed up to take the class and over 60 sat in to audit. It was a bit of mayhem in a small cramped classroom.

Here's a great article by Lakoff that stems from his arguments:
"Framing the Dems: How conservatives control political debate and how progressives can take it back"