Semiotics / semiology Books

Book SynopsisPaul Bouissac is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto (Victoria College), Canada. He is a world renowned figure in semiotics and a pioneer of circus studies. He runs the SemiotiX Bulletin [www.semioticon.com/semiotix] which has a global readership.Trade ReviewOne of the major contributions of the book is that, after reading it, watching clown performances can never be the same: the author guides us through the semiotics of clowning in such detail that every move and feature of clown acts will be overloaded with meaning(s) for the readers ... [A] reader-friendly book and an invaluable ethnographic approach to an area of study that has been most neglected by (humour and other) scholars ... particularly interesting for humour researchers, especially those who investigate clown performances in or, mostly nowadays, outside circuses. * European Journal of Humour Research *An important addition to literature on clowns and laughter, and an ambitious attempt to address in transcendent terms the negotiation of meaning at the heart of clown-generated laughter ... Valuable insights into practice abound ... Bouissac’s knowledge of and sensitivity to a breadth of cultural contexts allows for fascinating and relevant examinations of time-honored clown routines ... Indeed his book finds its full value in a sustained reflection from a perspective we don’t usually encounter: the sign-rich soil beneath our social interaction and the precise manner of its playful overturning by the classic circus clown. * Humor *In this book, Paul Bouissac, pioneer and master of the scientific approach to circus arts, demonstrates in a complete and brilliant way, by semiotic, anthropological and cognitive approaches, how the clowning art is a multimodal and complex act of communication, which produces laughter and sense through cognitive and cultural constructions shared by artists and spectators. THE definitive reference to understand clowning! -- Philippe Goudard, Professor of Performing Arts, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, FranceBouissac brings his customary rigour and a true respect and love for the art of clowning to the task of discussing what clowns actually do and what it might mean. The full force of semiotic analysis bears generous fruit as Bouissac bases any theoretical analysis or deductions upon actual detailed descriptions of clowns in action. A hugely valuable contribution to the growing field of clown studies and an antidote to the lazy off-the-shelf popular mythologizing about clowning which passes for commentary in many quarters. -- Jon Davison, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Faces of the Clown Appearance and identity The making of a face Kinds and scales of facial transformations in clowns The crafting of a clown’s make-up The face of dominance Interpreting the face of a clown The modern face of the clown When clowns go post-modern 2. The Costumes of the Clowns The clowns’ trunks Splendor and sophistication of the whiteface The auguste’s misfits and tatters Sociosemiotics and biosemiotics of clown costumes Clowns in drag: cross-dressing and transvestism 3. The Clown’s Workshop The semiotics of artifacts A visit to Charlie Cairoli’s workshop When clowns play magic Clowns as craftsmen and engineers The clown’s barnyard 4. The Semiotics of Gags What is a gag? Gags in context Rob Torres: a solo clown act in New York The semiotic anatomy of gags The physics of gags 5. The Game of the Rules The language of clowning The straight, the tight, and the loose Identity: one in two, two in one 6. Clown and Trickster Master of tricks Too good to be true Transgression and consequences Master of fire The trickster and his avatars Understanding tricksters and clowns Peering in the cultural past: a reasoned speculation 7. Clowns and Gender Play: Politics and Economy of Sex Beyond sex and gender Images of desire An odd couple A “normal” couple A bird tale Gender play 8. Clowns, Death, and Laughter Death at the circus Death of the auguste Realm of the macabre: ghosts, corpses, and skeletons Clowns and death in the arts: laughter at the edge 9. Profaning the Sacred The avatars of Clown A grand narrative and its fractal performances The sacred and the profane Putting things inside out and upside down 10. Clowns without Borders Mapping clowns on the world Clowns without borders? Clowning beyond the cultural fences Clowning in Java The gentrification of clowns Clowns with a mission Conclusion: Contribution to the Theory of Laughter What is laughter? The meaning of laughter Senseless laughing Laughter as addiction: a hypothesis and an agenda References

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Book SynopsisPaul Bouissac is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto (Victoria College), Canada. He is a world renowned figure in semiotics and a pioneer of circus studies. He runs the SemiotiX Bulletin [www.semioticon.com/semiotix] which has a global readership.Trade ReviewOne of the major contributions of the book is that, after reading it, watching clown performances can never be the same: the author guides us through the semiotics of clowning in such detail that every move and feature of clown acts will be overloaded with meaning(s) for the readers ... [A] reader-friendly book and an invaluable ethnographic approach to an area of study that has been most neglected by (humour and other) scholars ... particularly interesting for humour researchers, especially those who investigate clown performances in or, mostly nowadays, outside circuses. * European Journal of Humour Research *An important addition to literature on clowns and laughter, and an ambitious attempt to address in transcendent terms the negotiation of meaning at the heart of clown-generated laughter ... Valuable insights into practice abound ... Bouissac’s knowledge of and sensitivity to a breadth of cultural contexts allows for fascinating and relevant examinations of time-honored clown routines ... Indeed his book finds its full value in a sustained reflection from a perspective we don’t usually encounter: the sign-rich soil beneath our social interaction and the precise manner of its playful overturning by the classic circus clown. * Humor *In this book, Paul Bouissac, pioneer and master of the scientific approach to circus arts, demonstrates in a complete and brilliant way, by semiotic, anthropological and cognitive approaches, how the clowning art is a multimodal and complex act of communication, which produces laughter and sense through cognitive and cultural constructions shared by artists and spectators. THE definitive reference to understand clowning! -- Philippe Goudard, Professor of Performing Arts, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, FranceBouissac brings his customary rigour and a true respect and love for the art of clowning to the task of discussing what clowns actually do and what it might mean. The full force of semiotic analysis bears generous fruit as Bouissac bases any theoretical analysis or deductions upon actual detailed descriptions of clowns in action. A hugely valuable contribution to the growing field of clown studies and an antidote to the lazy off-the-shelf popular mythologizing about clowning which passes for commentary in many quarters. -- Jon Davison, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Faces of the Clown Appearance and identity The making of a face Kinds and scales of facial transformations in clowns The crafting of a clown’s make-up The face of dominance Interpreting the face of a clown The modern face of the clown When clowns go post-modern 2. The Costumes of the Clowns The clowns’ trunks Splendor and sophistication of the whiteface The auguste’s misfits and tatters Sociosemiotics and biosemiotics of clown costumes Clowns in drag: cross-dressing and transvestism 3. The Clown’s Workshop The semiotics of artifacts A visit to Charlie Cairoli’s workshop When clowns play magic Clowns as craftsmen and engineers The clown’s barnyard 4. The Semiotics of Gags What is a gag? Gags in context Rob Torres: a solo clown act in New York The semiotic anatomy of gags The physics of gags 5. The Game of the Rules The language of clowning The straight, the tight, and the loose Identity: one in two, two in one 6. Clown and Trickster Master of tricks Too good to be true Transgression and consequences Master of fire The trickster and his avatars Understanding tricksters and clowns Peering in the cultural past: a reasoned speculation 7. Clowns and Gender Play: Politics and Economy of Sex Beyond sex and gender Images of desire An odd couple A “normal” couple A bird tale Gender play 8. Clowns, Death, and Laughter Death at the circus Death of the auguste Realm of the macabre: ghosts, corpses, and skeletons Clowns and death in the arts: laughter at the edge 9. Profaning the Sacred The avatars of Clown A grand narrative and its fractal performances The sacred and the profane Putting things inside out and upside down 10. Clowns without Borders Mapping clowns on the world Clowns without borders? Clowning beyond the cultural fences Clowning in Java The gentrification of clowns Clowns with a mission Conclusion: Contribution to the Theory of Laughter What is laughter? The meaning of laughter Senseless laughing Laughter as addiction: a hypothesis and an agenda References

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Book SynopsisDavid Machin, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Örebro Unversity, Sweden. His books include Global Media Discourse (2007), Introduction to Multimodal Analysis (2007) Analysing Popular Music (2010) and The Language of Crime and Deviance (2012). He is co-editor of the journal Social Semiotics. Gill Abousnnouga works in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. She has published numerous papers in international peer reviewed journals on war memorials using a multimodal approach.Trade ReviewFew studies in multimodality have a social critical edge. Few studies in critical discourse analysis tackle multimodal discourse. This book shows how to bridge the gap. -- Theo van Leeuwen, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaThanks to Abousnnouga and Machin, we can no longer keep our eyes wide shut. Their sophisticated yet accessible theoretical framework brings war memorials to life for us like no other study. And like all good books about war should, it makes a timely and indisputable case against it. Highly recommended. -- Adam Jaworski, Professor of Language and Communication, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongI can't speak highly enough of this book. The Language of War Monuments is a rare thing in that it represents a true advance in semiotic and discourse analysis. Abousnnouga and Machin demonstrate the theoretical rigour and analytic vitality of Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis and - most importantly - offer a thorough empirical examination of commemorative war monuments, the ways they cover over or ignore appalling effects of war, and so the ways they function to legitimise war discourses. Packed with contextual and comparative detail throughout, Abousnnouga and Machin's systematic analysis simultaneously demystifies the features and materials of war memorials (and whose interests they support) and offers a toolbox we can apply when examining the semiotics of material objects more generally. Readers will not be able to view war memorials in the same way ever again. -- John Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Researching Monuments 3. A Social Semiotic Approach to Three Dimensional Objects 4. The Social Goings on Behind Monuments 5. The Iconography of the War Monument 6. Form and Materials 7. Roles and Actions: the Case of Women 8. Word, Image and Materiality: The Role of the Inscription Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA new analysis of one of the most loaded terms in the German language: Heimat, or Homeland. The idea of Heimat (home, homeland, native region) has been as important to German self-perceptions over the last two hundred years as the shifting notion of the German nation. While the idea of Heimat has been long neglected in English studies of German culture--among other reasons because the word Heimat has no exact equivalent in English--this book offers us the first cross-disciplinary and comprehensive analysis, in English or German, of this all-pervasive German idea. Blickle shows how the idea of Heimat interpenetrates German notions of modernity, identity, gender, nature, and innocence. Blickle reminds us of such commonplace expressions of Heimat sentimentality as Biedermeier landscapes of Alpine meadows and castles on the Rhine, but also finds the Heimat preoccupation in Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud. Always aware of the many literary representations of Heimat (for instance in Schiller, Hölderlin, Heine, Kafka, and Thomas Mann), Blickle does not argue for the fundamental innocence of Heimat. Instead he shows again and again how the idealization of a home ground leads to borders of exclusion. Peter Blickle is associate professor of German at Western Michigan University.Trade ReviewThis volume will be a must for scholars working on Heimat and a welcome addition to any library. * MICHIGAN ACADEMICIAN *For anyone interested in German notions of Heimat, Blickle's study, an impressive scholarly accomplishment, is indispensable reading. * GERMAN QUARTERLY *Blickle has rendered an important service in providing a lucid and provocative study on a topic that has elicited profuse commentary in recent years. * MONATSHEFTE *

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Book SynopsisThis title details the key terms, thinkers and texts in systemic functional linguistics. The field of Systemic Functional Linguistics is a social semiotic approach to language pioneered by M. A. K. Halliday, which has assumed a central importance in linguistics in recent years, anchored by a growing body of work. This book details the key terms, the key thinkers and the key texts in this field in an approachable, easy to understand and accessible manner. It is authored by leading names in the field and is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying linguistics and language studies. "The Key Terms" series offers undergraduate students clear, concise and accessible introductions to core topics. Each book includes a comprehensive overview of the key terms, concepts, thinkers and texts in the area covered and ends with a guide to further resources.Trade Review"This volume is a rich resource for anyone who wishes to find out how Systemic Functional Linguistics approaches the task of describing language, or to deepen their understanding of key concepts in SFL and the relationships between them. The book is no mere dictionary-type list of entries: there is a consistent and fully-justified emphasis on the central importance of understanding the place of each item in the overall architecture of the theory. This is highlighted not only through a network of cross-references to other entries but through a range of ingenious and effective visual representations of broader areas of the model. The stress on locating concepts in their wider context reflects the fundamentally systemic nature of the enterprise: grammatics (the theory of grammar) is treated in the same way as the grammar (the description of language or languages), as systems of interlocking choices. The book does not attempt to minimise the inherent complexity and extravagance of language, or the corresponding complexity and extravagance required in any adequate descriptive or theoretical account of language; but it establishes clear pathways through the complexity by shunting in an illuminating way between concise, lucid explanations of individual terms and impressively panoramic overviews of the systems in which these terms play a part. The picture that emerges from viewing SFL through the window of technical terms - "those meanings of the theory that have been lexicalised within the register or registers of that theory", as the Introduction puts it - is unexpectedly comprehensive and rewarding. This is a book that sets new standards of coverage, depth and coherence for glossaries of technical terms in any field." - Geoff Thompson is Senior Lecturer and Director of the MA TESOL at the School of English, University of Liverpool, UK‘A much-needed resource bringing together key terms from the broad theoretical and descriptive scope of SFL within a single work. Advanced students who are used to trawling through volumes will find this book indispensible: each entry provides an up-to-date definition and refers the reader to core works in SFL for fuller treatment, while the cross referencing between items will lead to many fruitful hours refreshing connections and discovering new ones.'- Dr Tom Bartlett, Centre for Language and Communication Research Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; I. Key Terms; II. Key Thinkers; III. Key Texts; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces relational thinking to political analysis. Instead of merely providing an overview of possible trajectories for articulating a relational political analysis, Peeter Selg and Andreas Ventsel put forth a concrete relational theory of the political, which has implications for research methodology, culminating in a concrete method they call political form analysis. In addition, they sketch out several applications of this theory, methodology and method. They call their approach “political semiotics” and argue that it is a fruitful way of conducting research on power, governance and democracy – the core dimensions of the political – in a manner that is envisioned in numerous discussions of the “relational turn” in the social sciences. It is the first monograph that attempts to outline an approach to the political that would be relational throughout, from its meta theoretical and theoretical premises through to its methodological implications, methods and empirical applications. Trade Review“It is more than an introduction, since it makes an in-depth analysis of different theoretical traditions to, in the end, present a synthesis that constitutes an important contribution to the literature on this subject.” (Farid Samir Benavides‑Vanegas, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, Vol. 34, 2021)Table of ContentsIntroduction: political semiotics as a theory, methodology and method of relational political analysisChapter 1: The ‘Relational Turn’ in the Social SciencesChapter 2: Relational approach to the political: power, governance, and democracyChapter 3: Three concepts of semioticsChapter 4: A framework of political semiotics: political logic of the semiosphereChapter 5: Political semiotics and the study of the political: power, governance and democracyChapter 6: Political semiotics as a constitutive explanation and abductive research logicChapter 7: From methodology to methods and applications: introducing political form analysisChapter 8: Application of relational political analysis: political semiotic explanation of the constitution of digital threatsConclusion: The Subject and Agenda for Relational Political Analysis

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Book SynopsisJaan Valsiner has made numerous contributions to the development of psychology over the last 40 years. He is internationally recognized as a leader and innovator within both developmental psychology and cultural psychology, and has received numerous prizes for his work: the Alexander von Humboldt prize, the Hans Killian prize, and the Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association. Having taught at Universities in Europe, Asia and north and south America, he is currently Niels Bohr professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. This book is the first to discuss in detail the different sides of Valsiner’s thought, including developmental science, semiotic mediation, cultural transmission, aesthetics, globalization of science, epistemology, methodology and the history of ideas. The book provides an overview, evaluation and extension of Valsiner’s key ideas for the construction of a dynamic cultural psychology, written by his former students and colleagues from around the world.Table of Contents1. Introduction—Brady Wagoner, Bo Allesøe Christiansen, Carolin Demuth Part I. Rethinking the History of Psychology 2. Valsiner and van der Veer: A case of intellectual interdependency—Rene van der Veer 3. Jaan Valsiner: A Ganzheitspsychologist?—Rainer Diriwächter 4. The Self inside Us: Biologism, internalization, quantification and science—Martin Dege 5. Rising up to humanity: Towards a cultural psychology of Bildung—Svend Brinkmann Part II. Developmental Science in the Making 6. The dynamics of agency and context in human development: Holism revisited—Nancy Budwig 7. Forever feeding forward—Tania Zittoun 8. The construction of generalized knowledge: First essay on abbreviation—Maria C.D.P. Lyra 9. The concept of Irreversible Time—Dany Boulanger 10. The trajectory of Jaan Valsiner’s Thought— James Wertsch 11. The bounded indeterminancy of tradition— Lívia Mathias Simão Part III. The Semiotic Mind 14. A stroll through the birthplace of signs—Carlos Cornejo 15. Expansive and restrictive semiosis—Alex Gillespie 16. Hypergeneralized affective-semiotic fields: The generative power of a construct—Angela Branco 17. Unfolding semiosis: The field of mediated activity— Maria-Cécile Bertau Part IV. Cultural Transmission and Transformation 12. Culture as a creative process—Vlad Glaveanu 13. The Carnivalesque pedagogy: Jaan as a pedagogist?!—Kyoko Murakami 14. Overcoming the binary logic of biculturalism—Elke Murdock 15. Sense of belonging in the context of migration—Isabel Albert & Stephanie Barros 16. Political plasticity and culture—Fathali M. Moghaddam V. Aesthetics in Culture and Mind 23. Aesthetic Notes on Ornamented Lives— Robert Innis 24. Pleromatization: Bringing psychology closer to human experience—Hroar Klempe & Olga Lehman 25. The Vorbild of Donor Portraits and Cultural Psychology— Lucas Mazur 26. Poetic Genesis: Intimacy as a special form of boundary dynamics—Emily Abbey & Ana Cecilia Bastos 27. The fabric of (faked) behaviors shows in theater rehearsals— Alberto Rosa VI. Psychology as a Global Science 27. Local ideas for a global science— Nandita Chaudhary 28. From cross-cultural psychology towards a collective culture of general psychology— Pernille Hviid & Jacob Waag-Villadsen 29. The relationalism of Jaan Valsiner —Danilo Silva Guimarães 30. Jaan Valsiner, creator of opportunities for cultural ecology—Xiaowen Li, Shuangshuang Xu and Aruna Wu VII. Epistemological Foundations of Psychology 33. The science of psyche: Jaan Valsiner’s way at the frontiers—Aaro Toomela 34. Ideas and challenges for cultural psychology— Sergio Salvatore 35. Action-theoretical cultural psychology and the decentred subject— Jürgen Straub 36. Valsiner on Facts: making cultural practices explicit—Bo A. Christensen 37. Bridging: Some personal reflections— Jens Mammen VIII. Innovating Methodology 38. Method as Process— Mariann Märtsin 39. Catalysis in cultural psychology: Its past and future— Zack Beckstead 40. The Catalytic powers of psychoanalytic thought models—Erik Stänicke and Tobias Lindstad 41. Interpersonal psychoanalysis as a culturally unique field— Philip Rosenbaum 42. From ‘I-AM’ to ‘WE-AM’ predicates— Kevin Carriere 43. Trajectory equifinality approach— Tatsuya Sato, Teppei Tsuchimoto, Yasuda Yuko, and Ayae Kido IX. Concluding Comments 43. Jaan Valsiner

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Book SynopsisTranslation in literary and academic discourse.- Between texts, languages, cultures, semiotic systems: Key concepts and methods in translation studies.- Towards a definition of the term Musical Translation' Musical arrangement, cover version, and performance in the light of musicological research.- Applying translation theories in musicological research.- Concluding remarks.

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Book Synopsis1. Mapping Musical Rhetoric.- 2. Mapping Musical Dramaturgy.- 3. Mapping Topical Fields.- 4. Five Steps to a Hermeneutical Analysis.- 5. Case Studies.

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Book SynopsisSemiotics is long on theoretical, often obscure discourses, but short on applications that demonstrate with clarity the applicability of its methods. This book confronts a challenging object, the circus, and endeavors to describe its performances in ways that explain how circus acts produce meaning and cause a deep emotional involvement for their audiences. The approach is not top-down, such as would be a method that would dogmatically apply a particular theory to fully explain the phenomena in terms of this theory alone. Epistemologically, this book is an example of the bottom-up strategy, which consists of considering first the objects and heuristically calling upon methodological resources in a broad theoretical array to come to grips with the problems that are encountered. Any circus act is a complex event that has cognitive and emotional dimensions. It is also a part of a history and an institution, and cannot be abstracted from its cultural and sociological contexts. Thus the range of relevant theoretical and methodological approaches must include structural semiotics, biosemiotics, pragmatics, socio-semiotics, cultural anthropology, the cognitive sciences, the psychology and sociology of emotions, to name only the most important. But the ultimate focus of this book is to enable the readers to better understand the meaning of circus performances and to appreciate the skills and creativity of this traditional popular art, which constantly renews itself from generation to generation.

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Book SynopsisWhy is ‘Why’ Unique? Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties considers the behaviour of this peculiar wh-element across many different languages, including Ewe, Trevisan, Italian, Basque, German, Dutch, Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Hebrew. In ten original chapters, the authors explore various aspects of why-questions, such as the way why interacts with V2 constructions in Basque, with a subject clitic in Trevisan or how its morpho-syntactic make-up determines its merge position in Ewe, to mention but a few. Furthermore, a clear-cut distinction is established between high and low reason adverbials which are subsequently examined in why-stripping environments in Dutch. Beyond why proper, the book explores a special class of wh-expressions in some in-situ languages which give rise to unexpected why-construals with a touch of whining force. The objective is to explain the unusual syntactic position of these wh-expressions as well as their association with peculiar pragmatics. The questions are addressed for Cantonese: are what-initial sentences genuine questions? To what extent are Cantonese what-initial sentences similar to how-initial sentences in Mandarin? Beside these what-as-why questions, a special class of rhetorical questions, the doubly-marked interrogatives in Hebrew, come under scrutiny. Why is ‘why’ unique also concerns the interface with prosody and several experimental studies investigate precisely this aspect.

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Book SynopsisRepetitive sequences play a major role as a pattern-building device and are a basic syntagmatic linguistic means on all language levels in spoken and signed languages. Little attention has been paid to investigating them in multimodal language use. Do gestures exhibit different types of repetitive sequences? Do they build complex units based on these types and if so, how is the pattern building to be described? How is the interrelation of gestural and spoken units in such complex units? Is it possible to identify repetitive patterns that are comparable to spoken and signed languages and/or patterns specific to the gestural modality? Based on a corpus-analysis of multimodal usage-events, 7 chapters explore gestural repetitions with regard to their structure, semantic and syntactic relevance for multimodal utterances, and cognitive saliency. Fine-grained cognitive-linguistic analyses of multimodal usage events reveal that gestural repetitions are not only a basic principle of building patterns in spoken and signed languages, but also in gestures.　By addressing questions of mediality and multimodality of language-in-use, the book contributes to the investigation of repetition as a fundamental means of sign and meaning construction (crosscutting modalities) and enhances the understanding of the multimodal character of language in use.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides new insights on lying and (intentionally) misleading in and out of the courtroom, a timely topic for scholarship and society. Not all deceptive statements are lies; not every lie under oath amounts to perjury—but what are the relevant criteria? Taxonomies of falsehood based on illocutionary force, utterance context and speakers’ intentions have been debated by linguists, moral philosophers, social psychologists and cognitive scientists. Legal scholars have examined the boundary between actual perjury and garden-variety lies. The fourteen previously unpublished essays in this book apply theoretical and empirical tools to delineate the landscape of falsehood, half-truth, perjury, and verbal manipulation, including puffery, bluffing, and bullshit. The papers in this collection address conceptual and ethical aspects of lying vs. misleading and the correlation of this opposition with the Gricean pragmatic distinction between what is said and what is implicated. The questions of truth and lies addressed in this volume have long engaged the attention of scholars in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, organizational research, and the law, and researchers from all these fields will find this book of interest.

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Book SynopsisComposition of Sign.- Semiosis and Incomplete Signs.- Co-text.- Coordination of Two Axes.- Semiotic Rhetoric.- Code and Metalanguage.- Motivation and Its Sliding.- Semiotic Veridiction.- Markedness.- Semiotics of Art.- The double forces of modernization.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: From Image to Spectacle.- Sign and Image.- Transparent Languages.- Verbal Icon.- Art Images.- Simulacrum.- The Cultural Spectacle.

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Book Synopsis"The focus of any genuinely new piece of criticism or interpretation must be on the creative act of finding the new, but deconstruction puts the matter the other way around: its emphasis is on debunking the old. But aside from the fact that this program is inherently uninteresting, it is, in fact, not at all clear that it is possible."Trade Review"Ellis argues with force and clarity... [He] concludes that what Deconstruction provides is largely an emotional bonus--it gives its adherents 'a routine way to a feeling of being excitedly shocking.' They get the feeling that might attend a genuine piece of original thinking, but here it can be achieved without comparable effort."--London Review of Books

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Book SynopsisKobus Marais is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.Trade ReviewIn recent years, Kobus Marais has earned himself the reputation of “a disturber of the peace” in translation studies. This volume, featuring contributions from a broad range of disciplines, will no doubt create fresh waves in all things translational, spreading farther and wider than ever before. -- Piotr Blumczynski, Queen’s University Belfast, UKFor years we have been attempting to go beyond translation studies, with inter- and even transdisciplinary approaches. This book finally offers an example of how translation as a semiotic process can be studied in widely different fields and domains. This timely volume explores the multiplicity of forms of translational processes, from mathematics to biology and computer science to ecology, inviting us to consider the variety and complexity of translational phenomena. The book itself is a fascinating translation project! -- Siri Nergaard, University of South-Eastern Norway, NorwayTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction: What does it Mean to Translate? Kobus Marais (University of the Free State, South Africa) Part I. Translation in the Natural Sciences 1. Translating into and from Mathematics, Mihai Nadin (University of Texas, USA) 2. ‘Translating’ Geometric into Arithmetic Reasoning as a Case of Negentropic Semiotic Work, Michael H. G. Hoffmann (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 3. The ‘Carrying Over’ and Entanglement of Practices in the Computer Science and Translation Communities, David Vampola (SUNY Oswego, USA) 4. Biology of Translation: The Role of Agents, Alexei A. Sharov (National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, USA) 5. Translation in Medical Science and Biomedical Research, Steve Reid (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Delva Shamley (University of Cape Town, South Africa) PART II. Translation in the Social Sciences 6. Interlingual, Intralingual and Intersemiotic Translation in Law, Agnieszka Doczekalska (Kozminski University, Poland) and Lucja Biel (University of Warsaw, Poland) 7. Translation Approaches Within Organisation Studies, Susanne Tietze (Sheffield Hallam University, UK), Rebecca Piekkari (Aalto University, Finland) and Kaisa Koskinen (University of Tampere, Finland) PART III. Translation in the Humanities 8. Literary Translation in Electronic Literature and Digital Humanities, Chris Tanasescu (University of Louvain, Belgium) and Raluca Tanasescu (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) 9. Translating Friendship Alternatively Through Disciplines, Epochs, and Cultures, Claus Emmeche (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 10. Meaning-Making Processes in Religious Translation involving Sacred Space, Jacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé (University of the Free State, South Africa) 11. Translation between Non-Humans and Humans, Xany Jansen van Vuuren (University of the Free State, South Africa) 12. Translation in Intermedial Studies, João Queiroz (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil), Ana Paula Vitorio da Costa (University of the Free State, South Africa) and Ana Luiza Fernandes (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Index

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Book SynopsisJuri Lotman (19221993), the Russian-Estonian literary scholar, cultural historian and semiotician, was one of the most original and important cultural theorists of the 20th century, as well as a co-founder of the well-known Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics. This is the first authoritative volume to explore Lotman's work and discuss his main ideas and intellectual legacy in the context of contemporary scholarship. Boasting an interdisciplinary cast of academics from across the globe, the book is structured into three main sections Context, Concepts and Dialogue which simultaneously provide ease of navigation and intriguing prisms through which to view Lotman's various scholarly contributions. Saussure, Bakhtin, Language, Memory, Space, Cultural History, New Historicism, Literary Studies and Political Theory are just some of the thinkers, themes and approaches examined in relation to Lotman, while the introduction and Lotman bibliography in English that frame the main essayTrade ReviewThe cheerful colors of the book’s cover already say it: Lotman is of and for today. His pioneering semiotics of culture inflected the linguistic bias into a wide array of thinking about “culture” - not as distinct cultures-in-tension but as the environment that makes life livable. The many chapter titles like “Lotman and...” are telling: of the width of relevance of his ideas, of their interdisciplinarity, and of the spirit of collaboration. It gives the genre name “Companion” a new, vital and actual meaning. This book is a great gift to current cultural scholarship. * Mieke Bal, Cultural Theorist and Critic, Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, Netherlands *Inexhaustible in his curiosity and creative intelligence, Juri Lotman is one of the great modern thinkers about culture. His generous mind seemed to dart from place to place, casting a brilliant light wherever it turned. At moments of bafflement, I have repeatedly found in him a source at once of clarification and inspiration. This volume stands as powerful testimony to his generative power across a wide range of inquiries. * Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction, Marek Tamm (Tallinn University, Estonia) and Peeter Torop (University of Tartu, Estonia) 1. Lotman’s Life and Work, Tatyana Kuzovkina (Tallin University, Estonia) Part I. Lotman in Context 2. Lotman and Saussure, Ekaterina Velmezova (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) 3. Lotman and Russian Formalism, Mihhail Trunin (Tallinn University, Estonia) 4. Lotman and Jakobson, Igor Pilshchikov (Tallinn University, Estonia; UCLA, USA) and Elin Sütiste (University of Tartu, Estonia) 5. Lotman and Bakhtin, Caryl Emerson (Princeton University, USA) 6. Lotman and the Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics, Merit Rickberg (Tallinn University, Estonia) and Silvi Salupere (University of Tartu, Estonia) 7. Lotman in Transnational Context, Igor Pilshchikov (Tallinn University, Estonia; UCLA, USA) Part II. Lotman in Concepts 8. Language, Suren Zolyan (Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Russia) 9. Text, Aleksei Semenenko (Umea University, Sweden) 10. Culture, Mihhail Lotman (Tallinn University and University of Tartu, Estonia) 11. Communication, Winfried Nöth (Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil) 12. Modelling, Katre Pärn (University of Tartu, Estonia) 13. Narration, Wolf Schmid (University of Hamburg, Germany) 14. Space, Anti Randviir (University of Tartu, Estonia) 15. Symbol, Ilya Kalinin (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) 16. Image, Nikolay Poselyagin (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia) 17. Memory, Renate Lachmann (University of Constance, Germany) 18. History, Taras Boyko (University of Tartu, Estonia) 19. Biography, Jan Levchenko (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia) 20. Power, Pietro Restaneo (National Research Council, Italy) 21. Explosion, Laura Gherlone (National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina) 22. Semiosphere, Peeter Torop (Tartu University, Estonia) Part III. Lotman in Dialogue 23. Lotman and French Theory, Sergey Zenkin (Russian State Univresity for the Humanities, Russia) 24. Lotman and Deconstructionism, Daniele Monticelli (Tallinn University, Estonia) 25. Lotman and Cultural History, Marek Tamm (Tallinn University, Estonia) 26. Lotman and Literary Studies, Katalin Kroó (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary) 27. Lotman and New Historicism, Andreas Schönle (University of Bristol, UK) 28. Lotman and Cultural Studies, John Hartley (Curtin University, Australia) 29. Lotman and Popular Culture Studies, Eva Kimminich (University of Potsdam, Germany) 30. Lotman and Media Studies, Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn University, Estonia) and Maarja Ojamaa (University of Tartu, Estonia) 31. Lotman and Social Media Studies, Mari-Liis Madisson (University of Tartu, Estonia) and Andreas Ventsel (University of Tartu, Estonia) 32. Lotman and Memory Studies, Nutsa Batiashvili (Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia), James V. Wertsch (Washington University in St Louis, USA) and Tinatin Inauri (Free University of Tblisi, Georgia) 33. Lotman and Political Theory, Andrey Makarychev (University of Tartu, Estonia) and Alexandra Yatsyk (University of Tartu, Estonia) 34. Lotman and Life Sciences, Kalevi Kull (University of Tartu, Estonia) and Timo Maran (University of Tartu, Estonia) 35. Lotman and Cognitive Neurosciences, Edna Andrews (Duke University, USA) Lotman in English: A Bibliography, Remo Gramigna (University of Turin, Italy) Index

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Book SynopsisFerdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is generally considered one of the main founders of modern linguistics and semiotics. This title introduces the reader to the ways in which Saussure developed his revolutionary insights on language and demystifies his complex theories.Trade ReviewThe current volume, by someone who is not just a competent semiotician but a giant of contemporary semiotics, explains and assesses Saussure's bequest to sign study. Paul Bouissac's Saussure: A Guide for the Perplexed prints the bigger picture, not just the legend, and helps to open up a whole new era in the analysis of the cultural sign. -- Paul Cobley, Reader in Communications London Metropolitan University, UKTable of Contents1. Saussure's last lectures: a perplexed man; 2. Saussure's student years: insights and accomplishments; 3. Saussure in Berlin and Paris: What did it mean to be a linguist in 1880?; 4. Saussure the maverick: thinking outside the box; 5. S. like synchrony, structure, sign and semiology; 6. Diachrony: Saussure and the problem of time; 7. The Course in General Linguistics: Saussure's conceptual legacy; 8. From Saussure to Saussurism and back: the unfinished task; Appendix 1: Saussurean scholarship; Appendix 2: Quotes from Saussure.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the influential currents in the philosophy of language and linguistics of the first half of the twentieth century, from the perspective of the English scholar C. K. Ogden (1889 1957). It reveals links between early analytic philosophy, semiotics and linguistics in a crucial period of their respective histories.

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Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Recipe reveals the surprising lessons that recipes teach, in addition to the obvious instructions on how to prepare a dish or perform a process. These include lessons in hospitality, friendship, community, family and ethnic heritage, tradition, nutrition, precision and order, invention and improvisation, feasting and famine, survival and seduction and love. A recipe is a signature, as individual as the cook's fingerprint; a passport to travel the world without leaving the kitchen; a lifeline for people in hunger and in want; and always a means to expand one's worldview, if not waistline.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.Trade ReviewFascinating. . . . [Bloom] explains how recipes unite us, contain lessons about hospitality, and can be a signature as individual as fingerprints. * Globe and Mail *Lynn Bloom’s Recipe celebrates the complications and contradictions, the serious and play, the bounty and scarcity, represented by the simple instructions that put food on the table. This book, like the object itself, 'exists as much in the imagination' as on the plate, a satisfying examination of the marvelous 'process and promise' of the humble recipe. * Karen Babine, author of All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer and Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life *A really great read. * Randomly Yours, Alex *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Secret Life of Recipes 1. “First, Turn and Face the Stove.” The Recipe as an Instruction Guide 2. “You say toma¯to, I say tomahto”: The Recipe as Conversation 3. A Taste of Home: The Recipe for Comfort Cooking in Tough Times 4. Joys of Cooking—and Eating: The Great American Thanksgiving Celebration Recipe 5. “Please, sir, I want some more.” The Recipe as a Manifestation of Power, Politics Poverty, and Punishment 6. Play With Your Food, the Recipe as Jazz Lagniappe: The Best Blueberry Pie Index

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Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When you are born, the first thing you do is scream. Be it a response to fear, anger, sadness, or happiness, the scream is a declaration of being alive. The metal vocalist cupping the microphone blares out a deafeningly harsh scream. The drill instructor screams out commands to their soldiers. And then there's the bloodcurdling screams we know from horror films. A scream has many meanings, but it is an instinctive and reflexive action that, at its core, reveals raw emotion. Investigating popular and alternative cultures, art, and science, Michael J. Seidlinger tracks the resonance of the scream across media and literature and in his own voice. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.Trade ReviewA comprehensive and deeply personal trip through the cultural history of the scream. From Slipknot to Edvard Munch to John Carpenter and back into his own body, Michael Seidlinger reminds us all why we scream. As a singer, this one really hit home! * Geoff Rickly, singer of Thursday *Michael J. Seidlinger dissects the emotional complexity of the scream and—using examples from history, pop culture, and his own life—analyzes the way it highjacks the rational mind. Scream is an unforgettable ode to auditory extremes. * Jim Ruland, author of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records *Table of ContentsVoice (Prologue) 1. A Scream in the Night 2. Stand and Deliver 3. Speak Up, Shout Out 4. Howl at the Wall 5. A Rollercoaster of Emotions 6. “OMG I’m Screaming” The Body (Epilogue) Index

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Book SynopsisThe body is a site bearing multiple signs of cultural inscriptions. People's postures, use of space, dress codes, speech particularities, facial expressions, tone qualities, gaze, and gestures are codes that send messages to observers. These messages differ across cultures and times. Some of these non-verbal messages are taken to be conscious or subconscious projection of a sense of personal or collective identity. The various forms of "body talk" may flag personal distinction, style, uniqueness or politics, in which case, the body and its presentations become stances of the self. Different from this, body talk may exhibit a society's or culture's standardized norms of valuation with respect to what conforms or deviates from expectations.The subject of this anthology is non-verbal communication signals with contributing studies from societies and cultures of Africa and African Diapora. The goals are to document popular gestures, explore their meanings, and understand how they frame interactions and colour perception.The anthology is also aimed at offering interdisciplinary perspectives on the problematics of non-verbal communication by making sense of the various ways that different cultures speak without "voice", and to examine how people and groups make their presence felt as social, cultural and political actors. Some of the contributions include case studies, descriptive codification, theoretical analyses and performative studies. The issues highlighted range from film and literature studies, gender studies, history, religion, popular cultural, and extends to the virtual space. Other studies provide a linguistic treatment of non-verbal communication and use it as means of explicating perception and stereotyping.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Body Talks, Non-verbal communication in some African Societies and Institutions Augustine Agwuele Part One: Body Talk in Arts and Literature 1. What Traditional Dances Tell Us about African Cultural Identity in Puerto Rico and Trinidad" Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico 2. Fela's Clenched Fists: The Double Black Power Salute and Political Ideology from Afrobeat to Occupy Nigeria" Dotun Oyebade, University of Texas (PhD candidate) 3. Dressed-to-Kill: Don Mattera's Sophiatown Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico 4. Body Arts, Body Decoration, and Identity in Yorubaland Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi, Missouri State University 5. Bodies in Motion: Gestures and Performance of Identity in Tess Onwueme's Shakara Dance Hall Queen Maureen N. Eke, Central Michigan University Part 2: Non-Verbal communication and Cultural Diversity 6. The convergence of language and culture in Malawian gestures: Handedness in Everyday Rituals Karen W. Sanders, Tulane University 7. Nonverbal communication codes among the Hamar: structures and functions Moges Yigezu, Addis Ababa University 8. So That We Might Find Ourselves: Refashioning Embodied Beauty and Collective Identity in Yoruba Culture Abimbola A. Adelakun, Independent scholar 9. Nonverbal Message: Yoruba view of 'deviant' male hairstyles Augustine Agwuele 10. "Embodying Holiness: Gender, Sex and Bodies in a Neo-Pentecostal Church in Kenya" Damaris Seleina Parsitau, Egerton University

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Book SynopsisThe body is a site bearing multiple signs of cultural inscriptions. People's postures, use of space, dress codes, speech particularities, facial expressions, tone qualities, gaze, and gestures are codes that send messages to observers. These messages differ across cultures and times. Some of these non-verbal messages are taken to be conscious or subconscious projection of a sense of personal or collective identity. The various forms of "body talk" may flag personal distinction, style, uniqueness or politics, in which case, the body and its presentations become stances of the self. Different from this, body talk may exhibit a society's or culture's standardized norms of valuation with respect to what conforms or deviates from expectations.The subject of this anthology is non-verbal communication signals with contributing studies from societies and cultures of Africa and African Diaspora. The goals are to document popular gestures, explore their meanings, and understand how they frame interactions and colour perception.The anthology is also aimed at offering interdisciplinary perspectives on the problematics of non-verbal communication by making sense of the various ways that different cultures speak without "voice", and to examine how people and groups make their presence felt as social, cultural and political actors. Some of the contributions include case studies, descriptive codification, theoretical analyses and performative studies. The issues highlighted range from film and literature studies, gender studies, history, religion, popular cultural, and extends to the virtual space. Other studies provide a linguistic treatment of non-verbal communication and use it as means of explicating perception and stereotyping.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Body Talks, Non-verbal communication in some African Societies and Institutions Augustine Agwuele Part One: Body Talk in Arts and Literature 1. What Traditional Dances Tell Us about African Cultural Identity in Puerto Rico and Trinidad" Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico 2. Fela's Clenched Fists: The Double Black Power Salute and Political Ideology from Afrobeat to Occupy Nigeria" Dotun Oyebade, University of Texas (PhD candidate) 3. Dressed-to-Kill: Don Mattera's Sophiatown Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico 4. Body Arts, Body Decoration, and Identity in Yorubaland Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi, Missouri State University 5. Bodies in Motion: Gestures and Performance of Identity in Tess Onwueme's Shakara Dance Hall Queen Maureen N. Eke, Central Michigan University Part 2: Non-Verbal communication and Cultural Diversity 6. The convergence of language and culture in Malawian gestures: Handedness in Everyday Rituals Karen W. Sanders, Tulane University 7. Nonverbal communication codes among the Hamar: structures and functions Moges Yigezu, Addis Ababa University 8. So That We Might Find Ourselves: Refashioning Embodied Beauty and Collective Identity in Yoruba Culture Abimbola A. Adelakun, Independent scholar 9. Nonverbal Message: Yoruba view of 'deviant' male hairstyles Augustine Agwuele 10. "Embodying Holiness: Gender, Sex and Bodies in a Neo-Pentecostal Church in Kenya" Damaris Seleina Parsitau, Egerton University

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Aristotle in His Own Day.- Aristotle in Our Own Day.- Our Philosophical Context.- Aristotle on Meaning in Life.- Aristotle and the Problem of Abstraction.- Aristotle and the Philosophy of Ousia.- Can we Learn from Aristotles Science Today.- Can we Learn from Aristotles Biology Today.- Can we Learn from Aristotles Philosophy Today.- The Battle of the Gods and Giants.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisNeben einem kritischen Überblick über Theorien und empirische Arbeiten zum Einfluß morphologischer Strukturen auf die visuelle Worterkennungsleistung werden eigene experimentelle Untersuchungen dargestellt und diskutiert. Dabei wird die Hypothese verfolgt, daß insbesondere flexionsmorphologische Merkmale bzw. morphosyntaktische Informationen und semantisch-lexikalische Informationen einer Wortform unabhängig voneinander und damit auf verschiedenen Ebenen des Sprachverarbeitungssystems repräsentiert sind. "(...) Die klar gegliederte und gut lesbare Arbeit bietet einen konkreten Einblick sowohl in die gegenwärtige Theoriediskussion kognitionspsychologisch orientierter Morphologieforschung als auch in die experimentelle Vorgehensweise."Germanistik 1/90Table of Contents1. Linguistische Beschreibung morphologischer Strukturen.- 1.1. Morphemtypen.- 1.2. Segmentierung und Klassifikation.- 1.3. Abgrenzung von Flexions — und Derivationsmorphologie.- 2. Psycholinguistische Theorien zur Verarbeitung morphologischer Strukturen.- 2.1. Verarbeitung und Speicherung derivierter Wortformen.- 2.1.1. Präfigierte Derivationskomplexe.- 2.1.2. Suffigierte Derivationskomplexe.- 2.1.3. Bewertung der Befunde.- 2.2. Verarbeitung und Speicherung flektierter Wortformen.- 2.2.1. Untersuchungsbefunde im Englischen.- 2.2.2. Untersuchungsbefunde im Serbokroatischen.- 2.2.3. Untersuchungsbefunde im Italienischen.- 2.2.4. Untersuchungsbefunde im Holländischen.- 2.2.5. Untersuchungsbefunde im Deutschen.- 2.3. Diskussion der Theorien zur Verarbeitung morphologischer Strukturen.- 2.4. Entwicklung einer Arbeitshypothese.- 3. Empirische Untersuchungen.- 3.1. Voruntersuchung I.- 3.2. Voruntersuchung II.- 3.3. Experimente 1–5.- 3.3.1. Methoden.- 3.3.2. Experiment 1.- 3.3.3. Experiment 2.- 3.3.4. Experiment 3.- 3.3.5. Experiment 4.- 3.3.6. Zusammenfassende Diskussion der Experimente 2–4.- 3.3.7. Experiment 5.- 4. Gesamtdiskussion.- 4.1. Zusammenfassung der Untersuchungsbefunde.- 4.2. Zur Schwierigkeit der Verarbeitung eines Wortes wie „LEITE“im Kontext von Wörtern wie „KLOPFTE“.- 4.3. Syntaktisches Priming.- 4.4. Verarbeitung morphologischer Strukturen. Worterkennungsmodelle vs. Sprachverarbeitungsmodelle?.- Zusammenfassung.- Literatur.

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Table of ContentsFrontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1. Elements of Mathematics (165) -- Preface (1) (164) -- Preface (2) (94a) -- 1. Introduction, on Mathematics in General -- 2. Sequences -- 3. The Fundamental Operations in Algebra -- 4. Factors -- 5. Negative Numbers -- 6. Fractional Quantities -- 7. Simple Equations -- 8. Ratios and Proportions -- 9. Surds -- 10. Topical Geometry -- 11. Graphics and Perspective -- 2. New Elements of Geometry Based on Benjamin Peirce’s Works and Teachings (94) -- Preface -- Book I. Fundamental Properties of Space -- Book II. Topology -- Book III. Graphics -- Book IV. Metrics -- 3. Topical Geometry (137) -- Topical Geometry (137) -- 4. Appendices -- A. On the Quadratic Equation (86) -- B. Rational Fractions (278a fragment) -- C. Numerical Equations (69) -- D. [Additional Definitions] (from 166 and 150) -- E. [A Gloss. Elliptic, Hyperbolic, and Parabolic Measurement] (150) -- F. A Geometrico-Logical Discussion (126) -- G. [Projective Space] (part of 114) -- H. [Logic of Number – Le Fevre] (229) -- I. [Additional Theorems] (150 and 266) -- J. Promptuarium of Analytical Geometry (part of 102) -- K. Pythagorean Triangles (109) -- L. Analysis of Time (part of 138) -- M. Plan of Geometry (132) -- N. [Non-Euclidean Representation] (105) -- O. An Attempt to State Systematically the Doctrine of the Census in Geometrical Topics or Topical Geometry, More Commonly known as ‘Topology’; Being, a Mathematico- Logical Recreation of C. S. Peirce. Following the Lead of J. B. Listing’s Paper in the Göttinger Abhandlungen (from 145) -- P. [“Census” from Century Dictionary with Model] -- Q. Chapter III The Nature of Logical Inquiry (608) -- R. Three Problems -- S. Comments on Cayley’s Memoir on Abstract Geometry from the Point of View of the Logic of Relatives (546) -- T. [Obituary. Prof. Arthur Cayley] -- U. [From an Address to National Academy of Sciences] (95) -- Key to Greek Terms -- Key to Contents of MS. 165 -- Key to Contents of MS. 94 -- Index of Names -- Subject Index

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Book SynopsisWedge's central argument, presented clearly and illustrated in engaging cases, is that all experience, even the experience of one's own self, is a construction of signs. Symbolic forms such as language, myth, ritual, and drama create and shape our realities and provide useful tools for encouraging therapeutic change.

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Book SynopsisExplains the systemic dynamics and myriad consequences of globalization, focusing on the interplay between globalizing market forces and the needs of society. This book presents a multilevel analysis of globalization, connecting the economic to the political and cultural, and interrelating different local, regional, and global arenas.Trade Review"The author does a great job of explaining the systemic dynamics of globalization, the myriad consequences, and varied responses... Recommended for general readers."--Choice "A book in which a leading thinker on its subject draws together more than a decade of work warrants special attention. In this volume Jim Mittelman updates, extends and consolidates his broad-ranging and widely respected critical analysis of globalization."--Jan Aart Scholte, International Affairs "... distinguished from the overwhelming majority of recent writings on the subject by its sensitivity ... thoughtful and subtle."--John Gray, Times Literary Supplement "Provides important insights into how global market forces may be influenced by, and as a consequence, imbedded in society."--George E. Shambaugh, Political Science Quarterly "I strongly recommend this book to both specialists and general readers interested in contemporary social problems, especially in the areas of work, organization, and markets and of politics and of politics, social movements, and the state. It is highly readable and jargon-free and yet has a depth of scholarship that is impressive."--Peter Dicken, Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsList of Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv Introduction 3 Chapter 1 The Dynamics of Globalization 15 PART 1: THE GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOR AND POWER 31 Chapter 2 Rethinking the International Division of Labor 33 Chapter 3 Globalization and Migration 58 Chapter 4 Global Poverty and Gender (Coauthored with Ashwini Tambe) 74 Chapter 5 Marginalization: Opening the Market in Mozambique 90 PART II: REGIONALISM AND GLOBALIZATION 109 Chapter 6 The "New Regionalism" 111 Chapter 7 Global Hegemony and Regionalism (Coauthored with Richard Falk) 131 Chapter 8 Subregional Responses to Globalization 147 PART III: RESISTANCE TO GLOBALIZATION 163 Chapter 9 Conceptualizing Res'stance to Globalization (Coauthored with Christine B. N. Chin) 165 Chapter 10 Environmental Resistance Politics 179 Chapter 11 Global Organized Crime (Coauthorized with Robert Johnston) 203 Chapter 12 Conclusion:Contents and Discontents 223 Appendix: Interview Questionnaire 251 References 253 Index 277

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Book SynopsisCritics and defenders of multinational corporations agree that the activities of multinationals are creating a global market that is rendering national borders obsolete. This book argues that such expectations rest on a myth. It explores the relationship between corporate behavior and national institutions and cultures.Trade Review"When it comes to corporate behavior, the authors show convincingly that nationality is destiny. This is a timely and brave book."--Bruce Kogut, Harvard Business Review "This book provides excellent background reading for anyone interested in multinational corporate finance and investments."--Library Journal "This work is concisely yet lucidly presented... Recommended for all those interested in the global economy."--ChoiceTable of ContentsLIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ix PREFACE xi CHAPTER 1 National Firms in Global Commerce 3 The Appearance of Convergence 4 Innovation and the State 6 Domestic Structures, Multinational Corporate Strategies 7 Overview of the Book 10 CHAPTER 2 States and Firms: Conventional Images, Complex Realities 11 The Nature of MNCs 11 Global-Local Politics 14 The Policy Context 18 CHAPTER 3 National Foundations of Multinational Corporate Activity (I) 22 Corporate Governance and Finance 22 Comparative Analysis of the United States, Germany and Japan, 24 CHAPTER 4 National Foundations of Multinational Corporate Activity (II) 59 Innovation Systems 60 Investment Systems 74 Structural Context and Multinational Corporate Behavior 83 CHAPTER 5 The Strategic Behavior of MNCs 84 Technology and Commerce 84 Direct Investment and Intrafirm Trade 115 Interaction of Corporate Investment, Trade, and Innovation 133 CHAPTER 6 Corporate Diversity and Public Policy 138 Globalization at Bay 138 The Politics of Deepening Economic Integration 142 Public Policy and Increasing Complexity 144 NOTES 151 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 183 INDEX 189

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Book SynopsisA successor to "The Political Economy of International Relations", the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. It also stresses the importance of economic regionalism, multinational corporations, and financial upheavals.Trade Review"An extremely well written, lucid, and persuasive analysis of international economic developments and their political implications and results, solidly grounded in history."--Arthur I Cyr, Orbis "[A] scholarly, theoretical framework for examining how markets and the policies of nation-states determine the way the world economy functions."--Booklist "Global Political Economy promises to be another classic and a much-consulted addition to academic library bookshelves."--Choice "Robert Gilpin has written an important book... Although he eschews polemics and writes in a low-key, analytical style, his forceful points serve as a needed antidote to Thomas Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree and other facile works about the subject."--Christopher Layne, The Atlantic Monthly "In this magisterial study Gilpin... shows he is second to none in his capacity to integrate political with economic analysis, and illuminate our understanding of the world political economy with historical and theoretical insights, devoid of the jargon that characterizes much contemporary IPE literature... Gilpin's is an authoritative, but modest voice of common sense."--Martin Rhodes, International Journal of Financial Economics "Global Political Economy is an excellent book. It represents a major and successful updating of The Political Economy of International Relations. Any person interested in international political economy can profit from reading it."--Jeffrey Hart, Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations and Acronyms ix Preface xi ONE. The New Global Economic Order 3 Changes in the World Economy 5 Intellectual Perspectives 13 My Perspective: State-centric Realism 15 Purpose of Economic Activity 23 Conclusion 24 TWO. The Nature of Political Economy 25 What You Seek Is What You Find 31 The Nature of an Economy 38 Embeddedness of the Economy 41 Conclusion 45 THREE. The Neoclassical Conception of the Economy 46 The Discipline of Neoclassical Economics 46 Nature of a Market 54 Method of Comparative Statics 57 Intellectual Limitations 60 Economists and Public Policy 69 Comparison of Economics and Political Economy 74 Conclusion 76 FOUR. The Study of International Political Economy 77 Distribution of Wealth and Economic Activities 78 National Autonomy 80 The Politics of International Regimes 82 Theory of Hegemonic Stability 93 Governance of the Global Economy 97 Conclusion 102 FIVE. New Economic Theories 103 Change and Neoclassical Economics 104 World View of the New Theories 106 The New Theories 108 Conclusion 127 SIX. The Political Significance of the New Economic Theories 129 National Governments and Domestic Economies 129 Oligopoly and Power in Economic Outcomes 132 Technological Innovation 135 Convergent and Divergent Economic Growth 141 Conclusion 147 SEVEN. National Systems of Political Economy 148 Differences among National Economies 149 The American System of Market-Oriented Capitalism 150 The Japanese System of Developmental Capitalism 156 The German System of "Social Market" Capitalism 168 Significance of National Differences 174 Is One System Superior to the Others? 175 Do Nations Compete with One Another? 180 Convergence, Harmonization, or Mutual Recognition? 183 Conclusion 195 EIGHT. The Trading System 196 The Debate over Free Trade 198 Trade and the Economy 202 Revisions of Conventional Trade Theory 206 Postwar Trade Regime 217 The Uruguay Round and World Trade Organization 221 New Threats to an Open Trading System 224 Conclusion 232 NINE. The International Monetary System 234 The Postwar International Monetary System 235 The End of Fixed Exchange Rates 238 The Financial Revolution and Monetary Affairs 239 Embedded Technical and Political Issues 242 Devising an International Monetary System 248 Reform of International Monetary Affairs 250 Unity or Fragmentation of the Monetary System? 255 Few or Many National Currencies? 258 Conclusion 259 TEN. The International Financial System 261 Partial Globalization of International Finance 261 Nature of Financial Crises 264 The East Asian Financial Crisis 267 Controversy over Regulation of International Finance 271 Conclusion 277 ELEVEN. The State and the Multinationals 278 Explanations of FDI and the MNC 279 The Multinationals and the International Economy 289 Increased Regionalization of Services and Manufacturing 292 Debate over the MNC and the Nation-State 294 An International Regime for FDI and MNCs 300 Do Global Corporations Pose a Threat? 302 Conclusion 304 TWELVE. The State and Economic Development 305 The Rise and Demise of Development Economics 306 Triumph of Neoliberalism 309 The Debt Crisis and Structural Adjustment 313 Theory of the "Developmental State" 316 The East Asian Miracle Project 321 The East Asian Financial/Economic Crisis 329 The Future of the Developmental State 331 The Transitional Economies 333 Conclusion 339 THIRTEEN. The Political Economy of Regional Integration 341 Economic Theories 344 Political Theories 348 An Eclectic Approach 358 Conclusion 361 FOURTEEN. The Nation-State in the Global Economy 362 The Limited Nature of Economic Globalization 364 Alleged Consequences of Economic Globalization 366 Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policy 369 The Need for a Historical Perspective 375 Conclusion 376 FIFTEEN. Governing the Global Economy 377 Neoliberal Institutionalism 379 The New Medievalism 390 Transgovernmentalism 398 Governance for What? 400 Conclusion 402 Select Bibliography 403 Index 411

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Book SynopsisBreaking off the ordinary flow of experience, the passions create a state of exception. Intense states have come to be seen as symptoms of pathology. From Aristotle to Hume to contemporary biology, this work finds evidence that the passions have defined a core of human nature no less important than reason or desire.Trade Review"I revelled in the new book by the brilliant American critic Philip Fisher, The Vehement Passions, which is about nothing less than what the title promises: thoroughness, rashness, fear, anger, grief, and more."--Susan Sontag, Times Literary Supplement "With this persuasive and elegant essay on the paradigmatic human passions of fear, anger, grief, and wonder, Harvard University English professor Fisher joins a growing group of scholars bent on emotional rehabilitation: restoring to respectability the emotions so distrusted by Enlightenment rationalism and the forms of Stoicism that pre-date it... It's also ... delightful. Fisher ingeniously mixes discussion of Achilles, Oedipus, Othello, Lear, and Ahab with careful critical assessments of Kantian ethics, rational choice theory, and the philosophical underpinnings of the legal system."--Mark Kingwell, Wilson Quarterly "A consistently engaging book... [It] manages to present a wealth of information in an admirably clear and accessible format... People outside of universities curious about how the emotions regularly manage to dominate our thinking and planning will enjoy this overview of a fascinating field."--Virginia Quarterly Review "A stimulating and provocative book, whose strength lies precisely in the compact selectivity with which it argues its case for the vehement passions."--John Higgins, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Philip Fisher's new book ... makes a daring case for the continued relevance of pre-Christian ideas about the passions. His argument is that we underestimate the positive potential of the 'vehement passions' long understood only as forces that must be suppressed or redirected if we are to develop healthy minds in a benevolent world."--David Simpson, London Review of Books "The Vehement Passions by Philip Fisher is one of those rare books that carries the unmistakable whiff of real originality ... one filled with striking insights, wide learning, unexpected correlations and connections that illuminate much in life and literature that we may have only half noticed... Page after page offers broad yet precise and often startling generalizations of the sort that made me first pause, then nod in assent."--Jeff Gundy, Georgia ReviewTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION 1 ONE: Passions,Strong Emotions, Vehement Occasions 12 TWO: Paths among the Passions 28 THREE: Thoroughness 40 FOUR: Privacy,Radical Singularity 53 FIVE: Time 71 SIX: Rashness 93 SEVEN: Mutual Fear 109 EIGHT: The Aesthetics of Fear 132 NINE: The Radius of the Will 157 TEN: Anger and Diminution 171 ELEVEN: Grief 199 TWELVE: Spiritedness 227 CONCLUSION 246 NOTES 253 AUTHOR INDEX 263 INDEX OF TERMS 266

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Book SynopsisAnatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe.Trade Review"Michaels's absorbing new book swims against the critical stream with a brilliance and originality unmatched this side of Slavoj Zizek."--Henry Staten, Modernism/modernity "[This] book is not scholarship, criticism, or theory. It is a brazen call for the return to ideology."--Lindsay Waters, Chronicle of Higher Education "[W]hat makes this book compelling ... is his central thesis: that the apparent diversity of the marketplace of ideas, as in the marketplace of commodities, conceals fundamental uniformity (so many choices in the cereal aisle, so few in the voting booth)."--Robin J. Sowards, The Minnesota ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: The Blank Page 1 One: Posthistoricism 19 The End of History 19 Political Science Fictions 26 Partez au vert/Go on the green 41 The Shape of the Signifier 51 The End of Theory 66 Two: Prehistoricism 82 rocks 82 and stones 105 and trees 118 Three: Historicism 129 Remembering 129 Reliving 140 Dismembering 149 Forgetting 158 Coda: Empires of the Senseless 169 Notes 183 Index 213

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"How does globalism affect the books we read, and the way we read them? A leading scholar investigates." * New York Times Book Review *"Few scholars active today can claim to have done as much as David Damrosch to shape the discipline of comparative literature in the United States. . . . Damrosch writes with great clarity and care, vividly bringing individual figures and their ideas to life. . . . [He] not only displays the breadth of his own personal canon, but also argues compellingly for the idea that our understanding of a given text is always enhanced by comparing it with other texts, whether or not the pairings are conventional or expected."---Alexander Beecroft, Modern Philology

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Book SynopsisThe Law Is a White Dog tackles key societal questions: How does the law construct our identities? How do its rules and sanctions make or unmake persons? And how do the supposedly rational claims of the law define marginal entities?Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011: Top 25 Books "The Law is a White Dog is both philosophically breathtaking and politically relevant. Dayan's disrobing of personhood is not simply an exposure of injustice, but an argument. She beckons us to a conception of the law that considers emotion and ethics as relevant as reason."--Imani Perry, American Literary History "[A] breath-taking tour through legal and cultural contexts richly and passionately portrayed... Dayan aspires to do more than debunk the 'rationality' of law; she cries out against the injustice and violence that law's word-twisting makes both possible and invisible. Her descriptions and account of civil death, force-feeding, mind-killing solitary confinement, and slavery and its inheritors, should be required reading."--Linda Ross Meyer, Law, Culture and Humanities "Dayan succeeds mightily in her dismal project. The tale is told via death-row chain gangs, cell-extraction with dogs, rape by 'correctional officers', a rare first-hand report on the horrors of supermax prisons, and much else besides: the entombment of the living that made an end to the death penalty possible--but only because a fate worse than death had been found... The book is defined by three extraordinary strengths. First, its moral force is as direct as that of Charles Dickens, emile Zola or Henry Mayhew. Its controlled anger reminded me of No Logo, Naomi Klein's great critique of international capitalism. Second, I have never read a better use made of case law: Dayan knows the importance of legal decisions but is not bound by them, and is always aware that their hinterland matters much more than their formal prose... Third and best, the book takes the margins and makes them central...these features help to make it a triumph of style as well as of substance."--Conor Gearty, Times Higher Education "Interdisciplinary scholar Colin Dayan's most recent book, The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons, presents a postmodern blend of anthropology, social critique, and legal history that deconstructs the Enlightenment rationality generally associated with law. Dayan examines some of the ways in which the mechanisms of our legal system perpetuate 'violence and oppression' (p. xvii) alongside progress and modernity. Going beyond traditional histories and examinations of the law, her book explores how larger socio-legal processes, like marginalization, the creation of social outcasts, and the justification of brutal penal practices, shape our present-day society. Dayan, who serves simultaneously as anthropologist, social critic, and poet, depicts the darker side of American society and the often repressive character of our law... Written by an author well known for previous interdisciplinary work in cultural studies and law, this book is a must-have for both general academic libraries and academic law libraries. The writing is crisp, and the way in which Dayan assembles a wide array of topics that are rarely grouped together is thought-provoking and engaging. The book addresses important social questions and reveals the subtle ways that idiosyncratic legal reasoning works to rationalize harsh social processes. Dayan's deconstruction highlights the law as a key mechanism for social control, rather than a narrow area of professional discourse or an administrative or procedural system that touches only a small segment of society. Ultimately, The Law Is a White Dog will prove valuable for anyone who seeks a comprehensive, critical understanding of our society and the role played in it by the law."--Law Library Journal "[T]his work by Dayan is one of the most valuable contemporary books on law and society to come out in quite some time... The Law is a White Dog is an innovative, highly intellectual book."--Choice "A cumulative masterpiece of probing, relevant erudition... More concerned with conceptual structures than local specifics, Dayan breaks rich new critical ground on the well-trodden path from plantation to prison. [A] stunningly insightful yet painstaking inquiry into the very real effects of the ongoing legal and cultural project of defining the boundaries of personhood."--American Literature "Colin Dayan has written a challenging and ambitious book... Its interest for social and political philosophers and philosophers of law will be primarily its engagement with the question of how personhood is defined and materially shaped via the practice of law... The Law is a White Dog offers much, perhaps at exactly the points it frustrates expectation. It would be appropriately read in upper-level undergraduate classes, particularly in philosophy of law, social and political philosophy, and animal studies."--Alexis Shotwell, Philosophy in Review "Colin Dayan's The Law is a White Dog is the most imaginative and passionate (mainly about prison conditions in the US) that I have come across for a long while."--Conor Gearty, LSE Review of Books "Law is the major character in this philosophical narrative. Analyzing how the law sometimes alters and disfigures human persons ... reducing people to bare human materials, biologically alive but legally dead. Dayan summons a remarkable range of philosophical tales, including Voodoo, Greek tragedy, medieval law, Human Rights Watch reports, magic, and medicine. But eclectic as this selection is, these discourses tell a rigorous story about how humans are turned into non-humans, how animals become humans, how things are endowed with intention."--Branka Arsic, Leviathan "The Law is a White Dog is a vivid exploration of literature, history, and law. It asks hard yet stimulating questions about the systemically entrenched racial, colonial, and ideological inequalities of the Anglo-American legal system. As a text concerned with the role of law in the (un)making of legal identity, this book makes a very valuable contribution to the field of socio-legal studies as it forces one to think about the violence of law and to trouble the assumptions made about the rule of law in modern liberal democratic societies... As a present-day political project, this effort identifies the everyday consequences of remaining silent to systemic injustices."--Socialist Studies/Etudes socialistes "This provocative and rigorous analysis makes a significant contribution both to legal scholarship and contemporary discussions about criminalization, national security and racism... An innovative engagement with a range of legal areas and eras, Dayan's work helps us trace the role legal reasoning has played in producing a slave society, and a prison society, in which structures of racial violence appear inevitable, justifiable, rational and natural."--Journal of Legal Studies "Colin Dayan's The Law is a White Dog is a tour de force of interdisciplinary legal scholarship... Employing an approach that emphasizes the power of legal rhetoric, the persistence of modes of categorizing entities on the margins, and the magical thinking that conjures and parries otherness when it comes into contact with law, Dayan gives us a history replete with stunningly fresh insights into the transformational violence law inflicts and legitimizes on those it regulates and controls."--Law and Society Review "Dayan's work is engrossing, imaginative, and erudite. It will appeal to wide audiences, including historians, anthropologists, and sociologists of slavery, scholars interested in the history of punishment, and academics and activists concerned with both human and animal rights."--Mindie Lazarus-Black, New West Indian GuideTable of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1: Holy Dogs, Hecuba's Bark 1 Chapter 2: Civil Death 39 Chapter 3: Punishing the Residue 71 Chapter 4: Taxonomies 113 Chapter 5: A Legal Ethnography 138 Chapter 6: Who Gets to Be Wanton? 177 Chapter 7: Skin of the Dog 209 Acknowledgments 253 Notes 259 Bibliography 303 Index 325

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Book Synopsis"This study focuses on the role of the philosophical novel--a genre that favors abstract concepts, or 'thinking about thinking,' over style, plot, or character development--and the role of philosophy more broadly in the intellectual life of the African continent"Trade Review"Jackson raises essential questions for a field yet to appreciate fully the extent to which African literature contributes to and problematizes disciplinary debates. . . . The African Novel of Ideas provides excellent navigation across an impressive and conceptually challenging range of material."---Joseph Hankinson, Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation"The African Novel of Ideas, which draws impressively on literature from all Anglophone regions of sub-Saharan Africa, is an important study not only for those of us who think with African literature but also for those who are invested in a more thoughtful comparative method."---Yuan-Chih (Sreddy) Yen, Research in African Literatures"The African Novel of Ideas gives us a historiographical exposition of how the intellectual landscape of pre- and post-independence Akan literature is determined by a struggle of competing philosophical principles rather than by a clearly delineated dichotomy of colonialist dialectics."---Benjamin Kreitz, Theoria

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[What] is so wonderful about reading How Literatures Begin is the sense one comes away with, that it is somehow both inevitable and truly miraculous that any of these literatures should have come into being—and just how many more are out there for us readers to discover and explore in-depth."---Jeffrey Zuckerman, World Literature Today

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[What] is so wonderful about reading How Literatures Begin is the sense one comes away with, that it is somehow both inevitable and truly miraculous that any of these literatures should have come into being—and just how many more are out there for us readers to discover and explore in-depth."---Jeffrey Zuckerman, World Literature Today"Lande and Feeney's ambition for this handsome book is to provide a "global" survey of the origins of literatures. It succeeds in impressionistic, mosaic-like fashion." * Choice Reviews *

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Book SynopsisMichelle Zerba engages current debates about the relationship between literature and theory by analyzing responses of theorists in the Western tradition to tragic conflict. Isolating the centrality of conflict in twentieth-century definitions of tragedy, Professor Zerba discusses the efforts of modern critics to locate in Aristotle's Poetics the orTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Note on Translations, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. Hegel: Conflict And Order, pg. 23*Chapter Two. Aristotle: Conflict and Disorder, pg. 94*Chapter Three. Renaissance And Neoclassical Dramatic Theory: Conflict and Didacticism, pg. 163*Chapter Four. Kant and Schiller: Conflict and the Sublime, pg. 243*Bibliography, pg. 269*Index, pg. 287

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