Semiotics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Hodge
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Intellectual Tradition ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
21St Century Literature ◽  
Irreducible Complexity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intellectual Revolution ◽  
Modern Era

Semiotics refers to an intellectual tradition that deals with processes of making and interpreting meaning in all kinds of text, in all modes. However, semiotics was never integrated into mainstream disciplinary structures. Because of this marginal status semiotic tendencies flourished outside and between the major disciplines. As a discipline semiotics seems small, vulnerable and out-of-date. But as a broad intellectual tradition semiotics can be seen as a meta-theory which encompasses literary theory. This second perspective makes semiotics more useful for literary readers, and hence is emphasized in this chapter. Semiotics’ value is enhanced when it is seen as a complex, heterogeneous field with fuzzy boundaries and productive entanglements with literary objects and theories. “Semiotics” comes from Greek semeion (sign, omen, or trace), something that points towards important, often hidden meanings. Signs in this sense go beyond words and verbal media. This scope gives “semiotics” a radically disruptive quality. Western culture in the modern era has been based on the primacy of words as carriers of all meaning and thought. Semiotics is the site of a radical challenge to this dominance. Semiotics sees signs and meanings everywhere, in every mode, not just in words. The changing media of literature in the present and past raise many semiotic issues for literary theory. Poetry always carried meanings through sound as well as words. Drama needs to be performed. Film and multimedia carry the role of print fiction in new contexts. In the multimedia 21st century, literature has gone beyond writing, and its theories need a semiotic dimension. Semiotics has a divided history, with two founding fathers. Peirce emphasized complexity and flow, and Saussure emphasized structure. Before 1960 structuralism dominated, but by the end of the 20th century post-structuralism prevailed. Semiotics went underground, but left traces everywhere of the intellectual revolution it participated in. It helped to trigger the turn to meaning across the social sciences and celebrated the irreducible complexity and diversity of forms and meanings in literature and life in the modern world.

scholarly journals Material Design for “Am I Doing It Right?’ Book as Identity Search Media for Young Designers in Modern Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Calvin Christian
Keyword(s):  
Material Design ◽  
Social Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
True Purpose ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Design For Am

The content making of the "Am I Doing It Right?" book as a medium for searching the identity of young designers in the modern era is an initiative of the writer to participate indirectly in the mental development and mindset of young designers in Indonesia. In this modern era, designers often get less favorable views from society, many feel that the role of a designer is trivial. Departing from this problem, the authors have researched literature reviews that discussed the history of the designer profession, the true purpose of it, the role they held in society, the view of the social community towards the profession of designer, and ways of addressing the profession as a designer. Literature reviews will be carried out on at least fifteen scientific papers and books that discuss topics related to designer identity in the world.   Keywords: Identity, Designer, Role, Profession

scholarly journals Central Bank digital currencies

Bankarstvo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-139
Author(s):  
Vesna Martin
Keyword(s):  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Digital Form ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Digital Currency ◽  
The Social

Central Bank digital currencies are a digital challenge to the international monetary and financial system. Since the development of cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin, the modern world has faced the possibility of digital technological transformation and providing a digital form of payment for the economy and the household. In addition, the announcement of a digital currency that would have a global reach, such as the Libre issued by the social network Facebook, raised questions about legal and regulatory safeguards, financial stability, and the role of the digital currency in society. All this influenced the leading central banks to recognize the need to conduct a detailed analysis of the possibilities of issuing digital currency of the central bank, which would be a supplement to the cash and non-cash form of payment. These analyzes include considering the advantages and disadvantages of that currency, determining its design and technological solution, as well as the necessary regulatory adjustments. In the coming period, we will witness a technological transformation in the operations of central banks, which, as before, should take care of preserving price and financial stability as its main goals, but also respond to new challenges of digital business.

scholarly journals Cooperation as an integral part of the social and solidarity economy (SSE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Vladimir Egorov ◽  
Andrey Inshakov
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
World Economic

A theoretical analysis of the works of domestic and foreign authors on the problem of determining the place and role of the social (solidarity) economy (SSE) organization in the modern world economic space is carried out. The essential features of social (solidary enterprises) are revealed. The SWOT analysis allowed us to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the SSE organizations. The differences between non-profit and market economy are shown. The essential features of cooperation as the main socio-economic institution of the SSE are considered. Mechanisms for reducing global poverty by cooperatives have been identified. The factors constraining the progressive development of cooperative enterprises in Russia are identified.

scholarly journals GREED AS A FACTOR IN THE HISTORICAL PROCESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (18) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
R.L. Livshits ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Evolution ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Motive ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Human Characteristic ◽  
Collectivist Society

Greed is regarded as a human characteristic that occurs naturally in the course of social evolution. Under capitalism, unlimited desire of possession acts as the main motive of economic and any other activity, which leads to a number of objective technical, ecological, social, cultural and moral consequences – both positive and extremely negative. Greed has influenced the development of civilization constructively but it slowing down the social process increasingly in the modern era. Greed should be taken away from the historical stage. Curbing the demon of greed is required not only for the modern world reality, but also for the challenges that are expected by humanity in the future. The experience of the Soviet project implementing, based on an appeal to the over-utilitarian motives of the individual, demonstrates the objective possibility of building a collectivist society in which greed is perceived not as a norm, but as a deviation.

Priesthood and Politics in the Nineteenth Century: The Turbulent Career of Thomas Mcdonnell

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith F. Champ
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Pyramidal Structure ◽  
The Social

THE CONSEQUENCE of the Cisapline attempt to ‘grapple with the social and intellectual transformation of the modern world” and to bring about a ‘revision of the pyramidal structure of the Tridentine Church” was the greater assimilation of English Catholics into contemporary society. Encouraged by a new sense of freedom, clergy and laity participated more actively in English public life’ and dismantled much of the closed élite community of the recusant period. This led to a brief phase in which both clergy and laity exercised their new-found freedoms, but which was dogged by disputes. Arguments raged between liberalism and authority, and between sectarian ideals and non-denominational activities. They were eventually resolved in a restoration, by 1850, of the pyramidal structure of the Tridentine Church, in which the role of the laity was subject to the authority and guidance of the clergy.

Podmiotowość państwa we współczesnym świecie. Globalizacja a sterowność

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Piotr Rutkowski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
State Power ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Network Power

Paper examines place and role of states in the modern world. Firstly the concept of globalization will be shortly analyzed. It is a notion that, especially in the social sciences, has a lot of meanings, because it has many aspects and levels. Author will try to localize the main issues that makes globalization a complex notion. Secondly, problem of paradigm crisis in political science will be presented. Classic meanings of politics and power has been outdated, because of new phenomenons that are consequences of globalization. That means that we should try to look for notions and methods that will help us to understand surrounding world and socio-political sphere, especially when it comes to state, power, politics and international relations. Then the concept of “the art of rule” invented by Jadwiga Staniszkis will be presented. Author will emphasize that this theoretical concept will be helpful in analyzing subjectivity of states in the age of globalization. Then author, basing on this concept, will try to examine the subjectivity of state in modern world. An attempt will be also made to show what is network power and its consequences, point out the subjects that will replace state that is losing its position and think about the future of the states.

On Dialogic Speech

PMLA ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lev Petrovich Yakubinsky ◽  
Michael Eskin
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Russian Linguistics ◽  
Russian Formalism ◽  
Collective Activity ◽  
The Social

Although the pivotal role of the Russian linguist L. P. Yakubinsky (1892-1945) in the development of modern linguistics and literary theory has been repeatedly stated by prominent scholars, he has remained virtually unknown outside Russia. Yakubinsky was educated at Petersburg University in 1909–15 during a period of academic renewal and challenge in Russian linguistics, a field that hitherto had been dominated by the neogrammarian study of language. The neogrammarians' positivist and historicist concerns were contested by a range of scholars interested in the functional diversity of language and concomitantly in the processuality of language as an individual and a collective activity. In this heated atmosphere of reevaluation and change Yakubinsky, with some of his fellow students and colleagues, such as Osip Brik and Viktor B. Shklovsky, initiated the movement that later came to be called Russian formalism. In fact, the functional distinction between “poetic” and “practical” language that Yakubinsky introduced in his groundbreaking study “On the Sounds in Poetic Language” (“O ”; Jakubinskij 163-76) became the cornerstone of formalist criticism and “served as the activating principle for the Formalists' treatment of the fundamental problems of poetics” (Èjchenbaum 8). Yakubinsky thus laid the foundation for structuralism. However, he soon moved away from the formalists' preoccupation with poetic and literary texts and devoted himself to the social dimension of the functions and forms of language.

scholarly journals MANAGING RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS AND CREEDS IN THE MODERN ERA

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Alexey G. Chernyshov
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
Religious Identification ◽  
The People ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modern Era

This article will present some historical cases, some ancient, some very recent of how the processes of globalization, resulting in the endless subconscious movement of the people, put on the agenda not only the issues of ethnic and religious identification of a particular ethnic group, but also the impact of waves of migration on the existing local societies. For many countries, this was not just a test of strength, but also on survival, to retain their original start. Therefore, it is important to understand the role of religion in the modern world. The question is what the “substance” of this process is, how to understand the religious consciousness and how to manage it.

scholarly journals KEPEMIMPINAN PEREMPUAN PERSPEKTIF ISLAM DAN GENDER

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-44
Author(s):  
Hikmatul Hasanah ◽  
Suprianik Suprianik
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Islamic Leadership ◽  
Heads Of State ◽  
Modern Era

A woman has great potential, as well as a man, it can be seen from the various roles of woman needed in society, including: the role of reproduction, economic, social, political and Islamic leadership. However, in Islamic leadership, most women are only members of the management in social organizations, because they are deemed not have brave characteristics like men, except the social organization that all of the members are women. this is because women's interests are not accommodated in various political decisions. Education is the main factor that determines the activeness of women as administrators of political parties, obstacle experienced by women in political parties, including through a number of issues such as; education, employment, justice and gender equality, domestic roles, patriarchal culture, religion and family relationship. Woman, who has the competence to lead the country, could be heads of state in the modern society context, because the modern government system is not same with  monarchy system in classical times, where the head of state must control all state affairs. Whereas in the modern era, there are separate sections in shaping the performance of leader of state. Seorang perempuan memiliki potensi yang besar, demikian pula halnya dengan laki-laki, hal ini terlihat dari berbagai peran yang dibutuhkan perempuan dalam masyarakat, antara lain: peran reproduksi, ekonomi, sosial, politik dan kepemimpinan Islam. Namun dalam kepemimpinan Islam, sebagian besar perempuan hanya menjadi pengurus dalam organisasi kemasyarakatan, karena dianggap tidak memiliki sifat pemberani seperti laki-laki, kecuali organisasi kemasyarakatan yang semua anggotanya adalah perempuan. Hal ini dikarenakan kepentingan perempuan tidak terakomodir dalam berbagai keputusan politik. Pendidikan merupakan faktor utama yang menentukan keaktifan perempuan sebagai pengurus partai politik, kendala yang dialami perempuan di partai politik, diantaranya melalui sejumlah isu seperti; pendidikan, pekerjaan, keadilan dan kesetaraan gender, peran rumah tangga, budaya patriarki, agama dan hubungan keluarga. Perempuan yang memiliki kompetensi memimpin negara dapat menjadi kepala negara dalam konteks masyarakat modern, karena sistem pemerintahan modern tidak sama dengan sistem monarki pada zaman klasik, dimana kepala negara harus menguasai semua urusan kenegaraan. Padahal di era modern, terdapat bagian tersendiri dalam membentuk kinerja pemimpin negara.

scholarly journals Conceptualization of serious play in modern sociocultural reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Tatiana V. Fanenshtil ◽  
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Irina V. Sadykova ◽  
Sofya Y. Sukhanova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Social World ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
The Social

In the conditions of transformation of sociocultural reality, its processes, levels, spheres, and new integrative social phenomena emerge, the meaning and role of which in the modern world have yet to be clarified. One of such phenomena is serious play. Traditionally, the playful and the serious, at the intersection of which serious play arises, are positioned as independent and mutually exclusive elements of the social world. We examine what changes in the social reality, in the relations of the playful and the serious, in the position of man in modern social processes make serious play possible and how serious play redetermines the conditions of its occurrence. For this, we used methods of philosophical analysis and hermeneutics: interpretation, conceptualization, comparative analysis. As a theoretical and methodological basis, we used the categorical apparatus of social philosophy, theory of practice, pragmatism, and social epistemology. As a result, we found that serious play is thought of as a social process in the range from an individual to global scale. In serious play, the subject, through the generation of meanings, performs both the production and reproduction of culture in predetermined ontoaxiological bases, and constructs these bases, while realizing the degree of his freedom, responsibility and immersion in the world he creates through his practices. The significance of the results of our research lies in the fact that the concept of serious play at the intersection of serious and game relations reveals the potential of serious play as an element of sociocultural reality. Serious play reflects the level of complexity of modern reality and ensures that a person adapts to the ever-increasing dynamics of this complexity. The trend of gamification registers this in the space of higher education, which causes a change in the role of the university in the modern social world. Serious play redefines the position of a person in the modern, dynamic and individualized social world. For the first time, serious play is conceptualized at the intersection of the playful and the serious as independent and mutually exclusive elements of sociocultural reality and is analyzed in the trend of the gamification of higher education.

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