Grasping the idea of university – on crossing the language boundaries in Paul Ricœur’s idiolect on the example of an analysis of Faire l’Université, Réforme et révolution dans l’Université and L’avenir de l’Université
Grasping the idea of university – on crossing the language boundaries in Paul Ricœur’s idiolect on the example of an analysis of Faire l’Université, Réforme et révolution dans l’Université and L’avenir de l’Université

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyse Paul Ricœur’s idiolect in texts concerned with the (still valid) reform of the university: Faire l’Université (1964), Réforme et révolution dans l’Université (1968) and L’avenir de l’Université (1971). The research method used here comes from cognitive linguistics, in particular from the theory of metaphor by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Paul Ricœur, outlining the extent of the necessary changes to be implemented within the institution of university, employs a whole range of conceptual metaphors, including, among others, those from the language of the military (e.g. REFORM OF UNIVERSITY IS A WAR), industry (e.g. UNIVERSITY IS AN ENTERPRISE), medicine (e.g. UNIVERSITY IS A LABORATORY). Crossing language boundaries, Ricœur offers an original conceptualization of the notion of university, thus emphasizing difficulties encountered when describing the complex structure of the institution, its function within the state, and the professor–student relationship.

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