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The Textual Society

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Description for The Textual Society Paperback. Edwina Taborsky moves semiotics away from being a descriptive tool within the humanities and uses its powers of analysis on the organic and social nature of cognition. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.

Semiotics - the study of the encoding of meaning - has so far been confined largely within the humanities, where it has forged a whole new way of understanding meaning and its construction. In this multidisciplinary study, Edwina Taborsky applies semiotic theory to her analysis of the organization of knowledge and therefore the organization of societies.

Taborsky looks at knowledge as a social construction involving two forces: stasis and variation expressed within the group and the individual. These levels never merge, but exist in a state of continuous dialogical interaction, which transforms energy and permits meaning to exist. The unique, ... Read more

In this unique look at the social construction of knowledge, the dialogical framework of two realities - that of the group and that of the individual - provides a powerful analytic tool for the analysis of cognition and social behaviour.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Toronto
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
Series
Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802071804
SKU
V9780802071804
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About Edwina Taborsky
Edwina Taborsky is Associate Professor and Director of the Anthropology Program, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec.

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