00744nam0-2200265 --450 991058410060332120220727154006.0978160623992620220727d2013----kmuy0itay5050 baengUSa 001yyAfrica South of the Saharaa geographical interpretationRobert Stock3. edNew York [etc.]The Guilford press2013XI, 593 p.26 cm.Sud AfricaStock,Robert F.271118ITUNINAREICATUNIMARCBK9910584100603321A-Exe 02202022/1096ILFGEILFGEAfrica South of the Sahara1561900UNINA03855nam 22006495 450 991033772280332120230810164640.03-030-17883-810.1007/978-3-030-17883-3(CKB)4100000008160654(MiAaPQ)EBC5776139(DE-He213)978-3-030-17883-3(EXLCZ)99410000000816065420190514d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMulticulturalism as Multimodal Communication A Semiotic Perspective /by Alin Olteanu1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (155 pages)Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress,2510-4438 ;93-030-17882-X Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Peircean framework for Multiculturalism -- Chapter 3. Biosemiotics and Cultural Plurality -- Chapter 4. Ecosemiotics, learning and sharing -- Chapter 5. A Semiotic Theory of Multiculturalism -- Chapter 6. Practical implications -- Chapter 7. Concluding remarks.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.Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress,2510-4438 ;9SemioticsSocial sciencesHumanitiesIntercultural communicationBiologyPhilosophyEducationPhilosophySemioticsHumanities and Social SciencesIntercultural CommunicationPhilosophy of BiologyPhilosophy of EducationSemiotics.Social sciences.Humanities.Intercultural communication.BiologyPhilosophy.EducationPhilosophy.Semiotics.Humanities and Social Sciences.Intercultural Communication.Philosophy of Biology.Philosophy of Education.302.2302.2Olteanu Alinauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063712BOOK9910337722803321Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication2534113UNINA