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From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation
Umberto Eco
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Description for From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation
Hardback. Looks at how we create and organize knowledge. Demonstrating once again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought, the author offers an illustration of his longstanding argument that problems of interpretation can be solved only in historical context. Num Pages: 590 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 157 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1116.
The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world’s foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco begins by arguing that our familiar system of classification by genus and species derives from the Neo-Platonist idea of a “tree of knowledge.” He then moves to the idea of the dictionary, which—like a tree whose trunk anchors a great hierarchy of branching categories—orders knowledge into a matrix of definitions. In Eco’s view, though, the dictionary is too rigid: it turns knowledge into a closed system. A ... Read more
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Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1116g
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674049185
SKU
V9780674049185
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About Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an internationally acclaimed writer, philosopher, medievalist, and professor, and the author of the best-selling novels Foucault’s Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and The Prague Cemetery, as well as children’s books. His numerous nonfiction books include Confessions of a Young Novelist, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods, and The Open Work (all from Harvard). He was ... Read more
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Kirkus Reviews
From the Tree to the Labyrinth is a sort of summa of one of our most important thinkers on matters of language, signification, and interpretation. It illuminates all of Umberto Eco’s earlier work by providing a great deal of the historical contextualization for his arguments. It provides important and fruitful ways of thinking ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews
From the Tree to the Labyrinth is a sort of summa of one of our most important thinkers on matters of language, signification, and interpretation. It illuminates all of Umberto Eco’s earlier work by providing a great deal of the historical contextualization for his arguments. It provides important and fruitful ways of thinking ... Read more