Universe of the Mind: A Semiotic Theory of Culture (Second World) Book

"Soviet semiotics offers a distinctive, richly productive approach to literary and cultural studies and Universe of the Mind represents a summation of the intellectual career of the man who has done most to guarantee this." -Slavic and East European Journal "The Universe of the Mind is an ambitious, complex, and wide-ranging book that semioticians, textual critics, and those interested in cultural studies will find stimulating and immensely suggestive. . . . will have enormous influence on semiotic discourse." -Journal of Communication This seminal text in cultural semiotics represents a summation of Soviet semiotician Yuri Lotman's distinguished intellectual career. Addressing three main areas-meaning and the text; the concept of the semiosphere; and semiotics from the point of view of history-Lotman presents here the most complete and broadly ambitious theory of culture and language yet to emerge from the field of semiotics.Read More