Culture and explosion / by Juri Lotman ; edited by Marina Grishakova ; translated by Wilma Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lotman, I︠U︡. M. (I︠U︡riĭ Mikhaĭlovich), 1922-1993.

Contributor:

Grishakova, Marina.

Clark, Wilma, 1964-

Series:

Semiotics, communication and cognition ; 1.

Semiotics, communication and cognition ; 1

Standardized Title:

Kultura i vzryv. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiotics.

Culture--Semiotic models.

Culture.

Semiotics and literature.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Semiotics and the arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Translator's preface

Introduction

Foreword. Lotmanian explosion

Chapter 1. Statement of the problem

Chapter 2. A monolingual system

Chapter 3. Gradual progress

Chapter 4. Continuity and discontinuity

Chapter 5. Semantic intersection as the explosion of meanings. Inspiration

Chapter 6. Thinking reed

Chapter 7. The world of proper names

Chapter 8. The fool and the madman

Chapter 9. The text within the text (inset chapter)

Chapter 10. Inverse image

Chapter 11. The logic of explosion

Chapter 12. The moment of unpredictability

Chapter 13. Internal structures and external influences

Chapter 14. Two forms of dynamic

Chapter 15. The dream - a semiotic window

Chapter 16. "I" and "I"

Chapter 17. The phenomenon of art

Chapter 18. The end! How sonorous is this word!

Chapter 19. Perspectives

Chapter 20. In place of conclusions

Afterword. Around Culture and Explosion: J. Lotman and the Tartu-Moscow School in the 1980-90s

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612345319

9781282345317

1282345311

9783110218473

311021847X

OCLC:

502359731