History, Signing in: Essays in History and SemioticsHistory, Singing in is a double-entendre indicating the dual purpose of this book. First it marks the initial effort by a practicing historian to demonstrate the usefulness of semiotics for the discipline of history. Second, the essays in this volume on Charles S. Peirce, predecessors and successors of Peirce in the United States, the interpretation of historical texts such as Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the historical significance of music and film illustrate the working of signs in both history and the interpretation of history by great thinkers. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 50
Page 3
... reality as a kaleidoscope . The world is constantly changing not only from one perspective but from every possible perspective ; but in our kaleidoscope there are still shapes and colors , the symbols which allow us to talk meaningfully ...
... reality as a kaleidoscope . The world is constantly changing not only from one perspective but from every possible perspective ; but in our kaleidoscope there are still shapes and colors , the symbols which allow us to talk meaningfully ...
Page 122
... reality from ' Reality ' requires the doctrinaire ' to leave premises inarticulate , refuse to discuss them , invent devices to obscure them , and use fallacies.'38 Such intellectual feats destroy ' the world ' in theory by reducing ...
... reality from ' Reality ' requires the doctrinaire ' to leave premises inarticulate , refuse to discuss them , invent devices to obscure them , and use fallacies.'38 Such intellectual feats destroy ' the world ' in theory by reducing ...
Page 123
... reality , and philosophizing coincide to a large extent with the enterprise of modern semiotics . For semioticians ' Reality ' is a field of symbols , arising in historical contexts , articulated in codes communicated to and then ...
... reality , and philosophizing coincide to a large extent with the enterprise of modern semiotics . For semioticians ' Reality ' is a field of symbols , arising in historical contexts , articulated in codes communicated to and then ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Charles S Peirce and Arisbe | 17 |
Charles S Peirce Historian and Semiotician | 53 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
action American appears argued Becker become beginning believe called century Charles Christian church civilization concerning considered Constitution course created critical death discussion economic equality essay example existence experience fact final force French Gance hand historian hoped human ideas important individual insisted intellectual interests interpretation issues Italy James John Juliette justice knowledge letter liberty Lieber lives look means mind moral Napoleon nature never noted opera Peirce Peirce Papers Peirce's performance philosophy political possible practical present question reality reason references representative republic Revolution revolutionary semiotic sense signs social society stamps symbols theory things thought Thucydides traditional true truth turn understand United University University Press Veblen Walker writing York