Culture and Explosion / Edition 1

by Juri Lotman, Marina Grishakova, Wilma Clark

Overview

Culture and Explosion, now appearing in English for the very first time, is the final book written by the legendary semiotician Juri Lotman. Originally published in Russian in 1992, a year before Lotman's death, the volume puts forth a fundamental theory: the semiotics of culture. Proceeding from a model of communication, Lotman extends the work of the renowned Tartu-Moscow school that he founded, showing not only how culture can be observed and described, but also how it can be governed and guided. In fact, as Lotman demonstrates with copious examples, the modelling system of culture has an immeasurably strong influence on the way that humans experience "reality". As usual, Lotman's erudition is brought to bear on the theory of culture, and the book comprises a host of well-chosen illustrations from history, literature, art and right across the humanities.

The book is of interest to students and researchers in semiotics, cultural/literary studies and Russian studies, as well as anyone with an interest in understanding contemporary intellectual life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110218459
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	09/16/2009
Series:	Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC] , #1
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Juri Lotman (†); Marina Grishakova, University of Tartu, Estonia; Wilma Clark, London Knowledge Lab, UK.

Editorial Reviews

"This book provokes so much tangible information and intangible imagination that it deserves to be widely read and long pondered."
Dinda L. Gorlée in: American Book Review 5-6/2010

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