322 research outputs found
Diagrams, narratives and ‘reality’
Review of Creative Dynamics. Diagrammatic Strategies in Narrative [Iconicity in Language and Literature Vol. 11], by Christina Ljungberg. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2012. 190 pp
A Peirce for the 21st century
Review of Peirce’s Speculative Grammar: Logic as Semiotics by Francesco Bellucci. New York, London: Routledge, 2017, 388 pages
Sign, object, thing: an eternal golden braid
This review argues that The Human Use of Signs (Deely, 1994) is both pivotal and exceptional in the oeuvre of John Deely. It argues that the volume is exceptional because of its unusual explicatory structure and that it is pivotal because of its extended focus on issues arising from the distinction of ‘sign’, ‘object’, and ‘thing’. Among these issues are the idea of the postmodern, objectivity, relation, and the semiotic animal
The World's First Full Press Freedom
The book investigates the world's first full legal press freedom. In 1770, king Christian 7's physician, the German enlightener J.F. Struensee, effectively became ruler of Denmark. His first decree, complete abandonment of censorship, led to 3 years of press freedom and an avalanche of pamphlets and debates. In early 1772, a coup led to his execution, giving rise to European outcry and fascination with the radical political experiment of Denmark
DET ONDE BLØDDYR - Ondskaben oplever en renæssance – men findes den?
Anmeldelser af: Rüdiger Safranski: Das Böse oder Das Drama der Freiheit. Carl Hanser Verlag, 1998 (335 sider). Da. udg. Det onde eller Frihedens drama. Oversat af Christian Bundegaard. Gyldendal, 1999 (283 sider). Lars Fr. H. Svendsen: Ondskabens filosofi. Oversat af Joachim Wrang. Klim, 2002 (223 sider, kr. 245). Richard Bernstein: Radical Evil. A Philosophical Interrogation. Oxford: Polity Press, 2002
Spionage: videreførelsen af kærligheden med andre mål?
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