“The post-antibiotic apocalypse” and the “war on superbugs”: catastrophe discourse in microbiology, its rhetorical form and political function
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Auteurs : Brigitte Nerlich [Royaume-Uni] ; Richard JamesSource :
- Public Understanding of Science [ 0963-6625 ] ; 2009-09.
English descriptors
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- Antibiotic, Antibiotic apocalypse, Antibiotic resistance, Antimicrobial resistance, Apocalypse, Apocalyptic discourse, Article ends, Aureus, Behavioral change, Catastrophe discourse, Catastrophe discourses, Catastrophe frame, Catastrophe metaphor, Catastrophic visions, Centre, Climate change, Climate change discourse, Climate change research, Climate change warnings, Code metaphors, Cognitive linguistics, Conceptual metaphors, Daily mail, Dangerous climate change, Discourse, Discourse metaphor, Discourse metaphors, Discursive overbidding, Ecological problem, Effective communication, Empirical part, Exchange magazine, February, Gaia hypothesis, Genomics discourse, Global, Global warming, Health care, Hospital infections, Hulme, Human ingenuity, Impending crisis, Infection, Infection control, Infectious diseases, January, Japanese hospitals, Lexis nexis, Metaphor, Metaphor scenarios, Microbe magazine, Microbial wars, Microbiologist, Microbiology, Mike hulme, Miracle drugs, Mrsa, Nerlich, Nottingham, Nottingham evening post, Novel antibiotics, Overwhelming threat, Phrase apocalypse, Policy makers, Public discourse, Public opinion, Public perception, Public understanding, Radical change, Recent years, Richard james, Same time, Scenario, Science communication, Scientific innovation, Scientific research, Serious problems, Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus aureus heterogeneously, Storyline, Superbug, Toronto star, Toxin genes, Urgent attention, Vision magazine.
Abstract
Discourses evoking an antibiotic apocalypse and a war on superbugs are emerging just at a time when so-called “catastrophe discourses” are undergoing critical and reflexive scrutiny in the context of global warming and climate change. This article combines insights from social science research into climate change discourses with applied metaphor research based on recent advances in cognitive linguistics, especially with relation to “discourse metaphors.” It traces the emergence of a new apocalyptic discourse in microbiology and health care, examines its rhetorical and political function and discusses its advantages and disadvantages. It contains a reply by the author of the central discourse metaphor, “the post-antibiotic apocalypse,” examined in the article.
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DOI: 10.1177/0963662507087974
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