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Ernst Cassirer’s Theory and Application of Communicology: From Husserl via Bühler to Jakobson
Richard L. Lanigan
In: The American Journal of Semiotics 2017, Volume 33, Issue 3/4
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- 181-231
The American Journal of Semiotics
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Wholeness and its remainders
Daniele Monticelli
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- 1 edition
General Semiotics Tartu University Press 9789949119349 Available
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Other title information: theoretical procedures of totalization and detotalization in semiotics, philosophy and politics
Annotation: The PhD thesis is a piece of research into the nature of theoretical constructions in various academic disciplines. Drawing on a close analysis of some theoretical works in the field of semiotics, philosophy and politics, it distinguishes between totalizing and detotalizing ways of dealing with the phenomenal multiplicity which always confronts researchers when the construction of a theory is at stake. Theoretical procedures of totalization constitute phenomenal multiplicity into self-enclosed wholes and erase their remains. The thesis considers this kind of procedure from a temporal point of view, focusing on the theories of temporality elaborated by St. Augustine and Edmund Husserl and, from a systemic point of view, focusing on the theory of the (linguistic) system elaborated by Ferdinand de Saussure. Martin Heidegger's critique of the notion of 'presence' and Karl Marx's critique of the notion of 'value' are examined as problematizing the main instruments of temporal and systemic totalization respectively. Still, both Heidegger and Marx lingered within the logic of totality, simply opposing a more authentic wholeness to an inauthentic one. The works of Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Jean Baudrillard are, in contrast, considered in the thesis as representatives of detotalizing procedures which claim the impossibility of self-enclosed wholeness drawing on the inexhaustible remnants of any totalization and a general principle of constitutive openness. Particular attention is paid to those aspects of Yuri Lotman's later thought – such as the notions of explosion, boundary and dialogue – which can be understood as instruments for theoretical procedures of temporal and systemic detotalization of this sort. In the course of the thesis it becomes clear that, for political reasons, the commitment of this research is to detotalization. This commitment is illustrated in the last part of the work. There, the attempts at rethinking emancipative politics elaborated by three contemporary philosophers – Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou and Jacques Rancière – are analyzed as theoretical procedures of political detotalization from both a systemic and a temporal point of view. Wholeness and its remains: theoretical procedures of totalization and detotalization in semiotics, philosophy and politics The dissertation examines the nature of theoretical constructions in various disciplines. Based on a close analysis of some written works in the field of semiotics, philosophy and politics, a distinction is made between totalizing and detotalizing approaches to dealing with the diversity and heterogeneity of phenomena, which always plagues researchers and scientists in the creation of theories. Theoretical procedures of totalization reduce phenomenal diversity to self-contained and residue-free wholes.The dissertation analyses such procedures from both a temporal perspective (St. Augustine's and Edmund Husserl's theories of time) and a systemic perspective (Ferdinand de Saussure's theory of (linguistic) systems). Martin Heidegger's critique of the concept of 'presence/presentness' and Karl Marx's critique of the concept of 'value' undermine the theoretical tools of temporal and systemic totalization, respectively. But neither Heidegger nor Marx go beyond the logic of totality, they simply contrast authentic wholeness with false and inauthentic. The works of Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Jean Baudrillard, on the other hand, represent procedures of detotalization that highlight the impossibility of self-contained wholeness, relying on the principles of the inexhaustibility of the residues of totalization and deconstructive openness. The dissertation pays special attention to those aspects of Juri Lotman's later thought – the concepts of explosion, limit and dialogue – that may be useful in developing such procedures of temporal and systemic detotalization. The dissertation contributes to detotalization for political reasons, which are revealed in the final section of the work. It analyzes the attempt of contemporary philosophers Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou and Jacques Rancière to rethink emancipatory politics as a procedure of political detotalization from both a systemic and temporal perspective.
Identifier: 9789949119349
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Épiphanies de la présence
Herman Parret
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- Essais semio-esthetiques
General Semiotics Pulim 2842873866 Available
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Annotation: La chamo sémantique de "présence" s'organise autour du sens d'origine: est présent ce que est là, en vivo, hic et nunc, dans une constellation deictique, saisissable par ostension. Ainsi la présence est-elle observable, sensible, pir la vue essentiellement mais également pour l'ouïe et les sens intimes, l'odeur le goût et le toucher. La présence se dit aussi bien d'une personne que d'un fragment du monde, object état de fait, événement. Mais une présence divine, mystique out spirituelle n'est pas observable: elle est réelle quoique non matérielle. D'autre part la reconnaissance ou le saisissement d'une "présence" est une affaire hautement affective: les présences sont pathémisées et jamais les corrélats d'états purement cognitifs. Notre parsours consistera à l'existence sémiotique dans sa définiton orthodoxe, cheminement ponctué par des philosophèmes que Kant, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty et Lyotard ont exemplairement dédités. Notre partipris, facilement reconnaissible, met la présence intrisèquement dans un rapport modalisé avec le sensible, avec la couleur, avec le son, la saveur, avec l'occasion de la touche. Les essais sémio-esthétiques constituant ce livre voudraient témoigner d'un immense respect pour les épiphanies de la présence.
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The body in language
Horst Ruthof
General Semiotics Cassell 0304338052 Available
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Annotation: Language is not merely verbal. Nonverbal signs and interpretations not only contribute to language, but in fact compose the structure of language itself. Horst Ruthrof delves into the nonverbal facets of language, such as olfactory, gustatory, aural, visual and tactile readings. Proposing reclamation of the body as an integral part of language, this book argues against structural linguistics and post-Saussurean theories. To support his standpoint, Ruthrof draws on the writings of Peirce, Husserl, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Derrida, and Helen Keller, and on recent research in cognitive science, cognitive linguistics, and cognitive rhetoric.
Identifier: 0304338052
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Saussure and Husserl
Eisuke Komatsu
In: Synthesis in Diversity, Volume 2
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- 851-854
Semiotics Around the World
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Communication et signification dans les costumes populaires
YVES DELAPORTE
In: Semiotica 1979, Issue 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Semiotica DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.65
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Identifier: DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.65
Communicative Competence among Severely Retarded Persons
DOUGLASS PRICE-WILLIAMS; SHARON SABSAY
In: Semiotica 1979, Issue 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Semiotica DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.35
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Identifier: DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.35
Facial Emblems of ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’: Topographical Analysis and Derivation of a Recognition Test
HOWARD M. ROSENFELD; MARILYN SHEA; PAUL GREENBAUM
In: Semiotica 1979, Issue 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Semiotica DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.15
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Identifier: DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.15
Le problème du vert dans le système perceptif
DORA VALLIER
In: Semiotica 1979, Issue 2024-01-02 00:00:00
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- 1-14
Semiotica DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.1
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Identifier: DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.1
Review Article
In: Semiotica 1979, Issue 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Semiotica DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.99
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Identifier: DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.99
The Problem of Direct and Indirect Reference
NIKHIL BHATTACHARYA; NAOMI S. BARON
In: Semiotica 1979, Issue 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Semiotica DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.81
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Identifier: DOI: 10.1515/semi.1979.26.1-2.81