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The Companion to Juri Lotman: A Semiotic Theory of Culture
Compiler: M. Tamm, P. Torop
Editor of translation: M. Tamm, P. Torop
Juri Lotman (1922–1993), the Jewish-Russian-Estonian historian, literary scholar 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 in any language to explore the main facets of Lotman's work and discuss his main ideas in the context of contemporary scholarship.
Boasting an interdisciplinary cast of contributing academics from across mainland Europe, as well as the USA, the UK, Australia, Argentina and Brazil, The Companion to Juri Lotman is the definitive text about Lotman's intellectual legacy. The book is structured into three main sections – Context, Concepts and Dialogue – which simultaneously provide ease of navigation and intriguing prisms through which to view his various scholarly contributions. Saussure, Bakhtin, Language, Memory, Space, Cultural History, New Historicism, Literary Studies and Political Theory are just some of the thinkers, themes and approaches examined in relation to Lotman, while the introduction and thematic Lotman bibliography that frame the main essays provide valuable background knowledge and useful information for further research.
The book foregrounds how Lotman's insights have been especially influential in conceptualizing meaning making practices in culture and society, and how they, in turn, have inspired the work of a diverse group of scholars. The Companion to Juri Lotman shines a light on a hugely significant and all-too often neglected figure in 20th-century intellectual history.
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Poselyagin N., , in: The Companion to Juri Lotman: A Semiotic Theory of Culture.: L., NY, Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2022. Ch. 16 P. 225–233.
The chapter is devoted to a concept of (visual) image in Juri Lotman's semiotic theory, especially in his works on visuality and cinema studies. ...
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Zenkin S., , in: The Companion to Juri Lotman: A Semiotic Theory of Culture.: L., NY, Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2022. Ch. 23 P. 311–320.
Essay on Yuri Lotman's relationship with French philosophy and theory of culture of his time. It includes such issues as disciplinary context, semiotics, sign, secondary sign systems, text, semiosphere, inner speech, simulacra, dialectics, typology of cultures, philosophy of history, politics. ...
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Фирсанова В. И., Вопросы современной лингвистики. ISSN 2949-5059. https://www.linguamgou.ru/jour/article/view/1732 2026 С. 67–82
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Provlotskaya I., Minnigulova A., Gordeyeva E. et al., Brain Structure and Function 2026 Vol. 231 Article 113
The Wada test is an invasive procedure used to assess language and memory lateralization. Despite the widespread use of the Wada test in the population of people with epilepsy, the two existing standardized protocols for conducting the procedure are methodologically different and do not fully account for language comprehension as a separate domain. In this ...
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Nikitenko E., Fedorov D., Makarov Y., Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. Труды института лингвистических исследований 2026 Т. 22 № 1 С. 208–252
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СПб.: Издательство СПбГУ, 2026.
The sixth issue of the Russian inter-university collection of articles is devoted to various aspects of foreign literature history and theory studies. The collection also includes articles on various aspects of comparative literature today.
For professionals in the field of international literary relations, students of humanitarian faculties of universities and a wide range of people interested ...
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Пахомова О. В., Sibirtseva V., Филологический класс 2026 Vol. 31 No. 2 P. 102–109
This article examines the creative potential of syntactic deviations in poetry, using the works of F. G. Klopstock, a poet of the second half of the 18th century, and Yoko Tawada, an author at the turn of the 21st century, as examples.
Research methods. In analyzing the poems and essays of Klopstock and Tawada, elements of ...
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Abelyuk E., Русская литература 2026 № 4 Статья DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2026-4-
The article demonstrates that Mandelstam's poem, "There are orioles in the
woods, and the length of vowels..." reveals an internal connection with
Khlebnikov's poem “О, dostoevskiymo running cloud!": one of the latter's key
images "shines through" the text of the former. Drawing on Mandelstam's
definitions that describe the reading process, the author reveals how this
connection might have arisen, whether ...
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Scientific publishing house Infinity, 2026.
These Conference Proceedings combine materials of the conference –
research papers and thesis reports of scientifi c workers. They examine technical,
juridical and sociological aspects of research issues. Some articles deal
with theoretical and methodological approaches and principles of research
questions of personality professionalization. ...
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Баркова Л. А., Родной язык: лингвистический журнал 2026 № 1 С. 9–58
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Zubov V., Вопросы лексикографии 2026 № 40 С. 64–86
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Брыкина В. В., Chalisova N., Государство, религия, церковь в России и за рубежом 2026 № 2 (44) С. 47–78
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preaching of worldly renunciation and contempt for worldly authority. With the emergence
of Sufi brotherhoods in the 12th century, a parallel narrative of “communicating with this
world”, i. e. Sufi admonitions to rulers — began to take shape. During the era of Mongol
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Tiskin D., Компьютерная лингвистика и интеллектуальные технологии 2026 No. 24 P. 656–665
Despite a lot of interest for the factors influencing the choice of pronoun (reflexive or personal) with an antecedent in Russian, the role of the anaphotic relation—coreference or semantic binding—has been understudied, including disagreements as to the acceptability of particular data points. To clarify things, I employ large corpora (Araneum and GICR) to study the ...
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Mozhaysky A., Schole. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция 2026 Т. 20 № 2 С. 1105–1116
This article examines the education of Epaminondas, the most famous Theban military and political figure. However, in antiquity, Epaminondas was also renowned for his education and philosophical authority. The study demonstrates that Epaminondas' education encompassed a complex set of local teachings, which Pausanias describes as
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Инновационный курс английского языка для специальных целей для студентов педагогических вузов предлагает погружение в актуальный образовательный дискурс: от вопросов воспитания и когнитивного развития детей и подростков до переосмысления роли школы в цифровую эпоху. Содержательной основой курса выступают аутентичные мультимодальные материалы, позволяющие анализировать глобальные тренды современных образовательных систем и подходов. Издание идеально подходит вузам, стремящимся подготовить ...
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Britov I., Вьетнамские исследования 2026 Т. 10 № 2 С. 87–98
The article analyzes the work of the poet of the XVIII century. Nguyen Tong Quai. Attention is drawn to the fact that in Vietnam, only after the proclamation of the policy of renewal, they began to actively study and appreciate his literary legacy, although even during the poet's lifetime, his contemporaries gave extremely positive reviews ...
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Kozlov A., Лапшина К. М., Вопросы языкознания 2026 № 4 С. 132–146
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Stognieva O., Murashova N., Journal of Asia TEFL 2026 Vol. 23 No. 2 P. 490–505
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assessing undergraduate reports within an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. As Large
Language Models (LLMs) increasingly integrate into educational assessment, understanding how
prompt engineering affects grading accuracy and alignment with human judgment is crucial. Three
prompt design methods—TELeR Taxonomy, Six strategies ...
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Scientific publishing house Infinity, 2026.
Scientific Forum Proceedings combine materials of the conference – research papers and thesis reports of scientific workers. They examine technical, juridical and sociological aspects of research issues. Some articles deal with theoretical and methodological approaches and principles of research questions of personality professionalization. ...
Added: July 10, 2026
Маленко Маро Янович, Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований 2025 Т. 7 № 2 С. 187–208
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Balakina Y. V., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение, журналистика 2026 Т. 31 № 1 С. 163–174
The phenomenon of digital social photography is explored as a product of contemporary social media practices. It analyses the transformation of the role of photography in the digital age, where it functions not merely as a tool for recording reality, but also as an active agent in the process of meaning-making. The study relies on ...
Added: April 3, 2026
Balakina Y. V., Вестник Томского государственного университета 2026 № 524 С. 5–15
The theory of social representations developed by Serge Moscovici underscores the pivotal role played by media communication in shaping collective understandings of objects and processes within social reality. In contemporary society, where nearly every form of communication has become deeply intertwined with media, it follows logically that social representations are not only formed but also ...
Added: March 11, 2026