Massimo Leone

On Insignificance

The Loss of Meaning in the Post-Material Age

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Produktbeschreibung

Focussing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781138618305
• ISBN-10: 1138618306
• Artikelnr.: 58267011

Autorenporträt

Massimo Leone is Full Professor of Cultural Semiotics at the University of Turin, Italy, and a Visiting Full Professor of Semiotics at Shanghai University, China.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Significance of Insignificance 1. Framing Insignificance:
A Semiotic Typology of Meaningless 2. Trolling Insignificance: Disrupting
the Digital Public Discourse 3. Contrarian Insignificance: Wars of Position
in the Digitial Arena 4. Picturing Insignificance: The Utopia of Digital
Perfection 5. Shopping Insignificance: Post-Material Temples 6. Assembling
Insignificance: Post-Material Crowds 7. Eating Insignificance:
Post-Material Meals 8. Recovering Significance: The Value of Singularity
9. Negotiating Significance: The Value of Compromise 10. Sharing
Significance: the Value of Common Sense 11. Courting Significance: The
Value of Interpretation 12. Conclusions: the Clash of Semiotic
Civilizations