Vico's New Science of Ancient Signs: A Study of Sematology: 6 (Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics)

J�rgen Trabant, Donald Phillip Verene, Sean Ward

ISBN 10: 0415309875 / ISBN 13: 9780415309875

Published by Routledge 2003-11-20, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vico's New Science of Ancient Signs: A Study of Sematology: 6 (Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics)
• Publisher: Routledge 2003-11-20
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415309875
• ISBN 13: 9780415309875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Jürgen Trabant reads the profound insights into human semiosis contained in Vico's 'sematology' as both a spirited rejection of Cartesian philosophy and an early critique of enlightened logocentricism. Sean Ward's translation makes this work available to an English-reading audience for the first time.

About the Author

Jürgen Trabant is professor of French and Italian linguistics at the Free University Berlin. His main fields of research are the history of linguistics and language philosophy, semiotics, especially semiotics of literature and language politics. Sean Ward is a writer and translator. He lives in Arlington, Virginia and is co-editor, with Jürgen Trabant, of New Essays on the Origin of Language (2001).