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Semiotics of religion : signs of the sacred in history /

Following the heyday of Lévi-Straussian structuralism in the 1970s-80s, little attention has been paid by scholars of religion to semiotics. <i>Semiotics of Religion</i> reassesses key semiotic theories in the light of religious data. Yelle examines the semiotics of religion from struct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yelle, Robert A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2012.
Colección:Bloomsbury advances in semiotics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Following the heyday of Lévi-Straussian structuralism in the 1970s-80s, little attention has been paid by scholars of religion to semiotics. <i>Semiotics of Religion</i> reassesses key semiotic theories in the light of religious data. Yelle examines the semiotics of religion from structural and historical perspectives, drawing on Peircean linguistic anthropology, Jakobsonian poetics, comparative religion and several theological traditions. This book pays particular attention to the transformation of religious symbolism under modernization and the rise of a culture of the printed book. Among th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441167651
144116765X
9781441172372
1441172378
9781283853675
1283853671