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Benjamin Lee - Talking Heads: Language, Metalanguage, and the Semiotics of Subjectivity - 9780822320159 - V9780822320159
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Talking Heads: Language, Metalanguage, and the Semiotics of Subjectivity

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Description for Talking Heads: Language, Metalanguage, and the Semiotics of Subjectivity Paperback. Looks at the interrelations between models of language in anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, and literary criticism and explores their varied accounts of subjectivity, reference, and narration Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CF; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
In Talking Heads, Benjamin Lee situates himself at the convergence of multiple disciplines: philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, and literary theory. He offers a nuanced exploration of the central questions shared by these disciplines during the modern era—questions regarding the relations between language, subjectivity, community, and the external world. Scholars in each discipline approach these questions from significantly different angles; in seeking to identify and define the intersection of these angles, Lee argues for the development of a new sense of subjectivity, a construct that has repercussions of immense importance beyond the humanities and into the area of politics.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822320159
SKU
V9780822320159
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About Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and co-director of the Center for Transcultural Studies in Chicago.

Reviews for Talking Heads: Language, Metalanguage, and the Semiotics of Subjectivity
"Talking Heads will make a major contribution to several lines of concern presently animating new thinking and research across a wide spectrum of the human and social sciences.—Michael Holquist, Yale University "Lee’s extraordinary mastery of so many different domains enables him to cross back and forth over the usual borders and boundaries, and to demonstrate to us that each domain ... Read more

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