| New Approaches to Semiotics and the Human Sciences: Essays in Honor of Roberta Kevelson Contributor(s): Kevelson, Roberta (Editor), Pencak, William (Editor), Lindgren, J. Ralph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820438146 ISBN-13: 9780820438146 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $56.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Law |
| Dewey: 302.2 |
| LCCN: 97012496 |
| Series: Semiotics and the Human Sciences, |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.36" W x 9.35" (1.48 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection, an exploration of new approaches to semiotics and the human sciences, includes essays by John Brigham, Denis Brion, Marcel Danesi, John Deely, Rolando Gaete, Robert Ginsberg, Bernard S. Jackson, Roberta Kevelson, Robin Paul Malloy, William Pencak, Paul Ryan, W. T. Scott and H. O'Donnell, Thomas A. Sebeok, and Willem Witteveen. Essays concentrate on law and justice in contemporary America (alternatives to courts, judicial practice, Simpson trial, pornography), historical perspectives ("Lex talionis," the image of justice, play, song, and revolution), and semiotic theory (selfhood, grammar, and perception). |