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Multiculturalism as multimodal communication : a semiotic perspective, Alin Olteanu

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This highly readable book develops a numanistic, and specifically semiotic approach to multiculturalism. It reveals how semiotics provides fresh and valuable insights into multiculturalism: in contrast to the binary logic of dualistic philosophy, semiotic logic does not understand the value of truth in rigid terms of 'true' or 'false', 'right' or 'wrong' only. The value of truth resides in meaning, which is a dynamic, evolutionary phenomenon, rooted, nevertheless, in factuality. Drawing on recent developments in biosemiotics, the book presents a theoretical approach to multiculturalism, regarding the lives of people living in multicultural environments. Rather than analyzing political or economic phenomena, it offers a semiotic analysis of multiculturalism and discusses its educational implications. It also invites readers to regard learning as a phenomenon of ecological sign growth and to understand multiculturalism along the same lines. As such, it brings together the life and social sciences and the humanities in a unified perspective, in an approach fitting postmodernism. Developing a postmodern philosophy for contemporary non-experts, which allows distancing from political discourse in favor of a posthumanistic stand, where altruism is seen as an opportunity, not a threat, this book appeals to a wide readership, from scholars seeking state-of-the-art theories to general readers looking for a thought-provoking and enlightening read.--
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  • Intro; Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Praise for Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication; Contents; 1 Multiculturalist Discourse and Theory; 1.1 Multiculturalism; 1.2 The Cultural Separatism of Multiculturalism: Where Does Liverpool Street End and Hackney Begin?; 1.3 The Clash Between Empirical Research and Theoretical Conservatism: The Acculturation Model; 1.4 A Biosemiotic Notion of Plurality; 1.5 Criticism of Culturalism-Based Multiculturalism; References; 2 Cultural Relativism and Politics of Recognition; 2.1 Différance and Identity; 2.2 Text or Model Semiotics
  • 2.3 The Anti-cosmopolitan Argument in Structural SemioticsReferences; 3 Semiotics and Multiculturalism; 3.1 Cultural Relativism and the Roots of Culturalism in the Linguistic Turn; 3.2 An Example of Glottocentric Culturalism: The Case of Lithuania; 3.3 The Monocultural Pluralism of Culturalism; References; 4 Language, Culture and Pluralism; 4.1 Pragmatic Concepts of Pluralism; 4.2 Peirce's Semiotic Pragmaticism and Triadism as Pluralism; 4.3 Language and Culture Parallelism; References; 5 Biosemiotic Multiculturalism; 5.1 Peirce and Biosemiotics: Culture in View of Modelling
  • 5.2 The Symbolic Species Debate and Its Consequences for Multiculturalism5.3 Peircean Categories and Evolution; References; 6 An Embodied Approach to Intercultural Communication; 6.1 Semiotic Body, Semiotic Text and Semiotic Culture; 6.2 Dualism and Monomodality; 6.3 Double Articulation: Linguistic Cartesianism; 6.4 Double Articulation in Semiotics; 6.5 Text as Multimodal Presence; 6.6 Ecosemiotics as a Digital Media Theory; 6.7 A Biosemiotic Account of Typography; 6.8 Writing as Scaffolding; References
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Multiculturalism as multimodal communication : a semiotic perspective
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Multiculturalism as multimodal communication
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a semiotic perspective
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Alin Olteanu
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eng
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This highly readable book develops a numanistic, and specifically semiotic approach to multiculturalism. It reveals how semiotics provides fresh and valuable insights into multiculturalism: in contrast to the binary logic of dualistic philosophy, semiotic logic does not understand the value of truth in rigid terms of 'true' or 'false', 'right' or 'wrong' only. The value of truth resides in meaning, which is a dynamic, evolutionary phenomenon, rooted, nevertheless, in factuality. Drawing on recent developments in biosemiotics, the book presents a theoretical approach to multiculturalism, regarding the lives of people living in multicultural environments. Rather than analyzing political or economic phenomena, it offers a semiotic analysis of multiculturalism and discusses its educational implications. It also invites readers to regard learning as a phenomenon of ecological sign growth and to understand multiculturalism along the same lines. As such, it brings together the life and social sciences and the humanities in a unified perspective, in an approach fitting postmodernism. Developing a postmodern philosophy for contemporary non-experts, which allows distancing from political discourse in favor of a posthumanistic stand, where altruism is seen as an opportunity, not a threat, this book appeals to a wide readership, from scholars seeking state-of-the-art theories to general readers looking for a thought-provoking and enlightening read.--
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Olteanu, Alin
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Numanities--arts and humanities in progress
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volume 9
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  • Communication and culture
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  • Intro; Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Praise for Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication; Contents; 1 Multiculturalist Discourse and Theory; 1.1 Multiculturalism; 1.2 The Cultural Separatism of Multiculturalism: Where Does Liverpool Street End and Hackney Begin?; 1.3 The Clash Between Empirical Research and Theoretical Conservatism: The Acculturation Model; 1.4 A Biosemiotic Notion of Plurality; 1.5 Criticism of Culturalism-Based Multiculturalism; References; 2 Cultural Relativism and Politics of Recognition; 2.1 Différance and Identity; 2.2 Text or Model Semiotics
  • 2.3 The Anti-cosmopolitan Argument in Structural SemioticsReferences; 3 Semiotics and Multiculturalism; 3.1 Cultural Relativism and the Roots of Culturalism in the Linguistic Turn; 3.2 An Example of Glottocentric Culturalism: The Case of Lithuania; 3.3 The Monocultural Pluralism of Culturalism; References; 4 Language, Culture and Pluralism; 4.1 Pragmatic Concepts of Pluralism; 4.2 Peirce's Semiotic Pragmaticism and Triadism as Pluralism; 4.3 Language and Culture Parallelism; References; 5 Biosemiotic Multiculturalism; 5.1 Peirce and Biosemiotics: Culture in View of Modelling
  • 5.2 The Symbolic Species Debate and Its Consequences for Multiculturalism5.3 Peircean Categories and Evolution; References; 6 An Embodied Approach to Intercultural Communication; 6.1 Semiotic Body, Semiotic Text and Semiotic Culture; 6.2 Dualism and Monomodality; 6.3 Double Articulation: Linguistic Cartesianism; 6.4 Double Articulation in Semiotics; 6.5 Text as Multimodal Presence; 6.6 Ecosemiotics as a Digital Media Theory; 6.7 A Biosemiotic Account of Typography; 6.8 Writing as Scaffolding; References
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  • Intro; Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Praise for Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication; Contents; 1 Multiculturalist Discourse and Theory; 1.1 Multiculturalism; 1.2 The Cultural Separatism of Multiculturalism: Where Does Liverpool Street End and Hackney Begin?; 1.3 The Clash Between Empirical Research and Theoretical Conservatism: The Acculturation Model; 1.4 A Biosemiotic Notion of Plurality; 1.5 Criticism of Culturalism-Based Multiculturalism; References; 2 Cultural Relativism and Politics of Recognition; 2.1 Différance and Identity; 2.2 Text or Model Semiotics
  • 2.3 The Anti-cosmopolitan Argument in Structural SemioticsReferences; 3 Semiotics and Multiculturalism; 3.1 Cultural Relativism and the Roots of Culturalism in the Linguistic Turn; 3.2 An Example of Glottocentric Culturalism: The Case of Lithuania; 3.3 The Monocultural Pluralism of Culturalism; References; 4 Language, Culture and Pluralism; 4.1 Pragmatic Concepts of Pluralism; 4.2 Peirce's Semiotic Pragmaticism and Triadism as Pluralism; 4.3 Language and Culture Parallelism; References; 5 Biosemiotic Multiculturalism; 5.1 Peirce and Biosemiotics: Culture in View of Modelling
  • 5.2 The Symbolic Species Debate and Its Consequences for Multiculturalism5.3 Peircean Categories and Evolution; References; 6 An Embodied Approach to Intercultural Communication; 6.1 Semiotic Body, Semiotic Text and Semiotic Culture; 6.2 Dualism and Monomodality; 6.3 Double Articulation: Linguistic Cartesianism; 6.4 Double Articulation in Semiotics; 6.5 Text as Multimodal Presence; 6.6 Ecosemiotics as a Digital Media Theory; 6.7 A Biosemiotic Account of Typography; 6.8 Writing as Scaffolding; References
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