Jurgen 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. Translator(s): Ward, Sean. Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395. . 2003. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Title: Vico's New Science of Ancient Signs: A Study of Sematology: 6 (Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415309875
ISBN 13: 9780415309875
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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J�rgen 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.

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J�rgen 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 J�rgen Trabant, of New Essays on the Origin of Language (2001).

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