Semiotics of Culture

Sisukord:Kogumikus on toodud Soomes 1987. a. peetud Tartu-Moskva semiootikakooli konverentsi ettekanded. Sisu: Historical influences I. Chernov. Historical survey of Tartu-Moscow semiotic school M. Hoppal. Ethnosemiotics and semiotics of culture B.Oguibenine. On the world tree symbolism: The sources of an analytical pattern V. Voigt. Between eastern and western semiotics General concepts A. Piatigorsky. Three origins of religious symbolism T. Sebeok. In what sense is language a «primary modelling system»? A. Shukman. Towards a poetics of the absurd. The prose writings of Daniil Kharms I. Smirnov. Totemismus und genretheorie Lotmanian studies Greetings to the symposium H. Broms. Autocommunication - a way to induce visions to the organization J. Lotman. Zur Rolle der zufälligen Faktoren in literarischer Evolution R. Posner. Semiotics vs. anthropology. Alternatives in the explication of «culture» R. Posner. Zur Entwicklung der Semiotik P.-M. Toivonen. J. Lotman's concept of poetic language and poetic text. The example of Baudelaire's spleen II M. Yamaguchi. «Center» and «periphery» in Japanese culture – in light of Tartu semiotics Bakhtinian studies H. Broms. Unusual forms of commercial culture D. Danow. Bakhtin and Lotman: novel and culture H. Majava. On Bakhtin's psychoanalytic views H. Riikonen. Menippean satire: some Bakhtinian aspects