Pencak, William
History, Signing In

Essays in History and Semiotics.

This volume demonstrates the usefulness of semiotics for the discipline of history. It shows how historians can use semiotics to ask and answer better the sorts of questions and interpret the sorts of data they usually do, and offers some examples of how signs work in history.The essays on Charles S. Peirce, predecessors and successors of Peirce in the United States, the interpretation of historical texts such as Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the historical significance of music and film illustrate the working of signs in both history and the interpretation of history by great thinkers. 438 Seiten, gebunden (Semiotics and the Human Sciences; vol. 438/Peter Lang Verlag 1993) Mängelexemplar/near mint