This article operationalizes Bernard Stiegler's conceptualization of the Neganthropocene, expanding his consideration of thinking (penser) as care (panser) or pænsée beyond the anthropo-techne ...limitations of his thought through the notion of a posthuman asignifying semiotics. It begins with an overview of Stiegler's notion of the Neganthropocene as a mode of epochal thought building towards noesis and pænsée with the use of epiphylogenetic and exosomatic memory systems. Here, Stiegler's approach is exposed as anthropo-techne centric, which in turn limits the possibilities of noesis. Turning to the work of C.S. Peirce, Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari, an alternative formulation of epiphylogenetic memory is provided through the interrelation of trees and forests: in particular the coastal redwood (sequoia sempervirens). This asignifying semiotics provides the criteria for infusing Stiegler's epiphylogenesis beyond the human. In turn, Stiegler is brought closer to the theories of entangled care presented in the work of theorists such as María Puig De La Bellacasa and Natasha Myers, allowing for a more dynamic design process.
De nombreux auteurs soulignent aujourd’hui la « résurgence » du mythe dans notre société contemporaine et notamment dans le domaine politique (Durand, 2002). Bien plus, les discours de type mythique ...commencent à gagner du terrain dans le milieu académique, comme ne manquent pas de le remarquer certains chercheurs (Rastier 2021). Or, ni la linguistique du discours ni la sémiotique ne se sont vraiment penchées sur la caractérisation des dynamiques formelles du mythe et de ses interprétations. Si la sémiologie de Ferdinand de Saussure a été définie comme « la formation et la transformation des signes et de leurs sens » (Naville, 1901), alors une enquête sémiotique du mythe doit s’attaquer à la formation et à la transformation du mythe compris comme système de signification ou comme « institution sociale », en relation avec les « langues naturelles » et le reste des institutions. Cet article, s’inscrivant dans cette problématique générale, relit les propositions d’Hermann Usener sur la dynamique morphologique des structures de la pensée religieuse sous le prisme de la sémiotique et la linguistique de tradition saussurienne. Dans cette perspective, nous nous demanderons en quoi la relecture sémiotique de la typologie divine proposée par Usener peut nous permettre de mieux comprendre les dynamiques morphologiques des mythes et plus particulièrement la formation et la transformation des figures divines dans les discours mythiques et dans les structures de la pensée religieuse.
Today, many authors have the idea of a re-emergence of myth, particularly in the political domain. Moreover, myth-like discourses seem to be gaining ground in the academic world, as some authors point out (Rastier 2021), but neither discourse linguistics nor semiotics has really focused on characterising the formal dynamics of myth and its interpretations. How then can we account for the formation and transformation of myths and their interpretations? This article attempts to characterise myth as a notion, as a
genre
and as a discursive process. We begin with a critical reading of a selection of analyses of myth in language sciences and semiotics and then put forward a number of hypotheses that we test through a corpus analysis. How does the analysis of discursive phenomena that we call
figurativisation
and
mythologisation
contribute to a semio-linguistic methodology for the analysis of mythical discourses and their interpretations?
Various scholars have defined the term semiotics according to their understanding but with a unifying central meaning which is the study of signs. Two important aspects of semiotics are syntagm and ...paradigm. The organization of signs by chain is referred to as syntagm, while by choice it is referred to as paradigm. According to Hodge & Tripp (1986), as far as syntagmatic structures are concerned, texts are examined from three different angles or variables space, time, and continuity. Moreover, in film the interpretations of individual, shots depend on both paradigmatic analysis (comparing it, not necessarily, with the use of alternative kinds of shots) and syntagmatic analysis (comparing it with preceding and following shots). This paper, applies the concept of Syntagm and Paradigm given by Hodge and Tripp to analyse the structure of two films from Nigeria’s film industries i.e. Kanywood and Nollywood industries.
Cette proposition s’inscrit dans un large projet d’analyse des reformulations multimodales (RM) dans la construction du discours : décrire les relations qu’entretiennent trois canaux sémiotiques ...multimodaux (la parole (S1), la gestualité co-verbale (S2) et les supports de présentation (S3)) dans des discours scientifiques. L’objectif est de décrire comment les reformulations multimodales participent au caractère performant du discours, à la construction de sa cohérence. Les RM sont étudiées du point de vue interne à chaque système sémiotique (S1, S2, S3) et du point de vue du croisement d’un système à l’autre (rapport S1/S2, S1/S3, S2/S3 et S1/S2/S3). L’analyse en cours s’opère comme suit : repérage des passages où se trouvent des RM et les canaux mobilisés, annotation des données, analyse quantitative et qualitative des RM et des croisements, identification des paradigmes d’utilisation (des prestations sans RM à celles qui exploitent abondamment les croisements sur les 3 niveaux). Contrairement à ce qui a été avancé par d’autres, mon hypothèse est qu’il ne s’agit pas de deux (voire trois) discours distincts et simultanés. Je considère que la linéarité (de S1 d’une part, de S3 d’autre part) et la simultanéité des trois sources d’information (S1, S2 et S3) s’entrecroisent dans la construction d’un discours unique mais plurisémiotique.
Reformulations in multimodal discourses: the case of TEDx talks
. This paper falls within in a larger research framework dedicated to multimodal reformulations (MR) in academic discourses. It is intended to describe the relationships between three semiotic channels: speech (S1 as “first Semiotic System”), co-speech gesture (S2) and visual supports (S3) as
Power Point
and
Prezi
. The aim is to investigate how MR are used in the discourse construction and in its cohesion. MR are examined within an internal perspective, that is, each channel (S1-S2-S3) for itself and within a cross-channel perspective from one channel to another (links S1/S2, S1/S3, S2/S3 and S1/S2/S3). The analysis process occurs in several stages: 1) tracking of the MR discourse parts and of the channels concerned, 2) annotating the data, 3) analyzing (qualitatively and quantitatively) the MR and of their crossing points and 4) identifying some paradigms of MR uses (a continuum between discourses without any MR and discourses with a wide range of MR at the three levels). Unlike a common belief in the field, I assume that the three channels are not two (or three) different simultaneous discourses. Rather, the linearity (of S1 on the one hand and of S3 on the other) and the simultaneity of the three channels (S1-S2-S3) overlap in order to construct one unique but plurisemiotic discourse.
This article analyzes the discursive traces of the constant traits and the meaning of the archetypal figure of the Werewolf in «Throat of a Black Kitten», story as part of the book Octahedron (1974), ...by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar (1914-1984). To solve this research purpose, the classification criteria and the theoretical assumptions of several specialists of the fantastic genre were used: Todorov and Campra in the semiotic circuit; Roas, King and Vax in the fictional dimension; and Jackson and Jung in the codes on the enunciation of alterity. Likewise, fundamental concepts were used by researchers from other fields of human knowledge, such as psychoanalysis and anthropology, in order to unlock the subject of lycanthropy as a paradigmatic image of metaphysical horror in Cortazar's fantastic literature.
Culture and Explosion is the English translation of the final book written by legendary semiotician Juri Lotman. The volume demonstrates, with copious examples, how culture influences the way that ...humans experience "reality". Lotman's renowned erudition is showcased in a host of well-chosen illustrations from history, literature, art and right across the humanities. Now appearing in English for the very first time, the volume is made accessible to students and researchers in semiotics, cultural/literary studies and Russian studies worldwide, as well as anyone with an interest in understanding contemporary intellectual life.
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