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Indexes: Cultural Nature and Natural Culture

Indexes: Cultural Nature and Natural Culture

Authors :
Massimo Leone
Source :
Rivista di Estetica, Vol 76, Pp 112-129 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Rosenberg & Sellier, 2021.

Abstract

Umberto Eco’s essential contribution to semiotics consisted in finding a theoretical equilibrium between deconstructive tendencies, aiming at presenting cultural habits as pure conventional but naturalized products, and motivational trends, claiming the natural fundament of constructed cultural habits. Fully comprehending and turning into analytical frame the concept of sign in Charles S. Peirce was instrumental to reach such equilibrium. In no other aspect of Umberto Eco’s semiotics it manifests itself with more evidence than in the characterization of indexes. The article seeks to propose a general theorization of their semiotic nature, starting from Umberto Eco’s interpretation of Peirce.

Details

Language :
English, French, Italian
ISSN :
00356212 and 24215864
Volume :
76
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Rivista di Estetica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3e0aa07a2574fda9cce226f100af751
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4000/estetica.7699