Language and Materialism (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology) - Softcover

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Coward, Rosalind; Ellis, John

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9781138690677: Language and Materialism (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology)
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ISBN 10: 1138690678 ISBN 13: 9781138690677
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Synopsis

First published in 1977, this book presents a comprehensive and lucid guide through the labyrinths of semiology and structuralism ― perhaps the most significant systems of study to have been developed in the twentieth century. The authors describe the early presuppositions of structuralism and semiology which claim to be a materialist theory of language based on Saussure’s notion of the sign. They show how these presuppositions have been challenged by work following Althusser’s development of the Marxist theory of ideology, and by Lacan’s re-reading of Freud. The book explains how the encounter of two disciplines ― psychoanalysis and Marxism ― on the ground of their common problem ―language ― has produced a new understanding of society and its subjects. It produces a critical re-examination of the traditional Marxist theory of ideology, together with the concepts of sign and identity of the subject.

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Rosalind Coward, John Ellis

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138690678
ISBN 13 
9781138690677
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
178
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