Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part A: Political Ideologies
5. Ideology, metaphor and iconographic reference 27
6. The deictic foundation of ideology, with reference to African Renaissance 51
7. The semantics of impeachment 77
8. Part B: Ideologies of Crosscultural Otherness
9. Philistines, barbarians, aliens, et alii 107
10. The bare past as an ideological construction in Hong Kong discourse 117
11. Conflicting identities 135
12. The Otherness of the Orient 161
13. Part C: Institutional Ideologies
14. Even the interface is for sale 189
15. Globalisation for beginners in Argentina 215
16. Unparliamentary language 235
17. Subject index 265