Semiosis, Marginal Signs and Trickster
A Dagger of the Mind
Published on 8. July 1991
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 232 pages
978-0-333-52604-0 (ISBN)
Description
As signifying creatures, we fear the false creation 'signifying nothing' because, like Macbeth, we think of them as daggers of the mind that raise questions about the reality of our signs, about signs as tools of creation and power, about the dark terrors (and lighter joys) that exist in human desire, and about the signs and the mind. This text argues that signs are, at base, generative things creating as much as they refer.
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Edition
1991 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XVIII, 232 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-52604-0 (9780333526040)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-11663-8
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Content
A List of Diagrams and Tables - Preface - Introduction: The Terrific Sign - PART 1: DYADIC SIGNS - The Nature of Signs and the Naturalness of Objects - Numerous Signs and Natural Objects - The Myth of Polarity: A Perennial Problem of Semiotics - PART 2: TRICHOTOMOUS SIGNS - Triadic Integration of Polarities - Peirce, Pragmatics and Pyramids - Peirce's Demon Abduction: How to Charm the Truth out of Quark - PART 3: MARGINAL SIGNS - Semiotic Approaches to Higher States of Consciousness - A Semiotic of Dreams: Pragmatic Forks in the Royal Road - Semiosis as Trickster: The Laughter of Signs - Notes - Bibliography - Index