Overview
- Presents a new approach to multiculturalism that is grounded in biosemiotics
- Addresses contemporary and pressing questions in semiotic and multicultural research
- Offers a much-needed pluralistic logic for developing an altruistic mentality
- Raises a new epistemological awareness
Part of the book series: Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress (NAHP, volume 9)
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Drawing on recent developments in biosemiotics, the book presents a theoretical approach to multiculturalism, regarding the lives of people living in multicultural environments. Rather than analyzing political or economic phenomena, it offers a semiotic analysis of multiculturalism and discusses its educational implications. It also invites readers to regard learning as a phenomenon of ecological sign growth and to understand multiculturalism along the same lines. As such, itbrings together the life and social sciences and the humanities in a unified perspective, in an approach fitting postmodernism.
Developing a postmodern philosophy for contemporary non-experts, which allows distancing from political discourse in favor of a posthumanistic stand, where altruism is seen as an opportunity, not a threat, this book appeals to a wide readership, from scholars seeking state-of-the-art theories to general readers looking for a thought-provoking and enlightening read.
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Book Title: Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication
Book Subtitle: A Semiotic Perspective
Authors: Alin Olteanu
Series Title: Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17883-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17882-6Published: 22 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17885-7Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17883-3Published: 14 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2510-442X
Series E-ISSN: 2510-4438
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 140
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Semiotics, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Intercultural Communication, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Education