The term -semiotics of culture- was first advanced by Jurij Lotman of the Moscow-Tartu school of semiotics. Semiotics of culture refers to the study of communication through signs including by implication non-human communication, which includes biosemiotics as pioneered by Kalevi Kull in the Moscow-Tartu school. This area of study has turned away from positivism and views culture as essentially integrated in spite of inner tensions and conflicts. Semiotics of culture is interdisciplinary, rejecting false boundaries between disciplines.
This volume discusses the major founding scholars of...