Culture and explosion
By: by Juri Lotman ; edited by Marina Grishakova ; translated by Wilma Clark
Contributors: Grishakova, Marina; Clark, Wilma, 1964-
Series: Semiotics, communication and cognition -- 1; Semiotics, communication and cognition -- 1.
Publisher: M. de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9783110218473
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Semiotics and literature; Communication Studies; Semiotics and the arts; Culture; Semantics (Philosophy); Semiotics; Semiotic models
Work titles: Kulʹtura i vzryv
Description: Culture and Explosion is the English translation of the final book written by legendary semiotician Juri Lotman. The volume demonstrates, with copious examples, how culture influences the way that humans experience "reality". Lotman's renowned erudition is showcased in a host of well-chosen illustrations from history, literature, art and right across the humanities. Now appearing in English for the very first time, the volume is made accessible to students and researchers in semiotics, cultural/literary studies and Russian studies worldwide, as well as anyone with an interest in unde.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Translator's preface / Wilma Clark; title: Introduction / Edna Andrews; title: Foreword : Lotmanian explosion / Peeter Torop; title: Statement of the problem; title: A monolingual system; title: Gradual progress; title: Continuity and discontinuity; title: Semantic intersection as the explosion of meanings : inspiration; title: Thinking reed; title: The world of proper names; title: The fool and the madman; title: The text within the text (inset chapter); title: Inverse image; title: The logic of explosion; title: The moment of unpredictability; title: Internal structures and external influences; title: Two forms of dynamic; title: The dream : a semiotic window; title: "I" and "I"; title: The phenomenon of art; title: The end! How sonorous is this word!; title: Perspectives; title: In place of conclusions; title: Afterword; title: Around Culture and explosion : J. Lotman and the Tartu-Moscow School in the 1980-90s / Marina Grishakova; title: Index.