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  • Total Translation

    Types of translation processes in culture

    by Peeter Torop ...
    This book explores mediation processes in culture. Culture is human creation. Like any creative act, culture arises from the need for self-expression—without which it is difficult to speak of identity. All creation is directed both toward its recipient and the creator themselves. Communicating with others simultaneously means communicating with oneself. On the cultural level, this points to the ... Read more

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  • The Companion to Juri Lotman

    A Semiotic Theory of Culture

    Juri Lotman (1922–1993), the Russian-Estonian literary scholar, cultural historian and semiotician, was one of the most original and important cultural theorists of the 20th century, as well as a co-founder of the well-known Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics. This is the first authoritative volume to explore Lotman's work and discuss his main ideas and intellectual legacy in the context of ... Read more

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  • German Philosophy

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  • Existentialism

    A Beginner's Guide

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  • Literary Theory

    by David Carter ...
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    Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. It sounds daunting: all those -isms, long technical words, weird French thinkers, and incomprehensible Germans. Most books ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism

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    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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  • Mikhail Bakhtin

    The Word in the World

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