{"product_id":"9783032016416","title":"Materialistic Semiotics and Social Reality A European School for World Peace","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaterialistic Semiotics and Social Reality\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA European School for World Peace\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSusan Petrilli\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThis book presents writings in semiotics, linguistics, and the philosophy of language\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003esignificantly revised, retranslated, and rearranged for this edited volume\u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eby Ferruccio Rossi-Landi, Adam Schaff, Augusto Ponzio, Massimo A. Bonfantini, Jeff Bernard, and Susan Petrilli. Collectively, the book provides a powerful sign theory useful to investigate how things work, their sense, and meaning. The expanding global world is our social reality, supported and generated in, with and by signs, verbal and nonverbal. Interconnectivity in the sign network is a destiny for life, human and beyond. This book explains an expression that circulates in everyday language: ‘materialism’. Misunderstandings and disagreements abound regarding its use and meaning, even in special languages—like those of politics or other human sciences concerned with sociohistorical reality under its different aspects. In response, this collection outlines a materialistic approach to problems relevant to signs and society, both contemporary and historical, building towards a scientifically-based materialistic semiotics. It is therefore of great interest to a transversal audience, including those engaged in anthropology, communication studies, cultural studies, ethics, identity studies, ideology, peace studies, political economics, sociology, and translation theory, among numerous other fields.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -2.3pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Petrilli\u003c\/strong\u003e is Full Professor in Philosophy and Theory of Languages at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Bari, Italy. She has published widely in her field in both the English and Italian language and has engaged continuously in collaborative editorial projects promoting cooperation and dialogue among scholars nationally and internationally. She has also translated many works by a series of different authors. With Augusto Ponzio she introduced Semiotics of translation as a subject into the Italian university system at the turn of the century. She has now introduced Semioethics as a new subject. Conceived in the 1980s semioethics has developed as an orientation in sign studies with a focus on the relation between signs and values, on sense, meaning and significance, on the relation between semiotics and axiology, thus on the inevitability of the originating I-other entanglement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -2.3pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eHer book titles over the past decade include: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eSign Studies and Semioethics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e (2014), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eNella vita dei \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003esegni (2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e), \u003cem\u003eVictoria Welby and the Science of Signs \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e2015), \u003cem\u003eLineamenti di semiotica e di filosofia del linguaggio \u003c\/em\u003e(with A. Ponzio) (2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe Global World and Its Manifold Faces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e2016), \u003cem\u003eSigns, Language and Listening \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSignificare, interpretare e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eintendere (2019)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIdentità e alterità\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(with A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e Ponzio), \u003cem\u003eSenza ripari. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"IT\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;\"\u003eSegni, differenze, estraneità\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"IT\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;\"\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eOltre il significato. La significs di Victoria Welby \u003c\/em\u003e(2023), \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSemioetica. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLa scienza dei segni in ascolto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e (with A. Ponzio) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-number-form: oldstyle; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eOn the Past, Present and Future of Semioethics: A Dialogue with Susan Petrilli by Simon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-number-form: oldstyle; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eLevesque (2025).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eHer edited volumes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eChallenges to Living Together. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eTransculturalism, Migration, Exploitation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2017), \u003cem\u003eDigressioni nella storia. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"IT\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;\"\u003eDal tempo del sogno al tempo della globalizzazion\u003cspan\u003ee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"IT\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;\"\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eL’immagine nella parola, nella musica e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003enella pittura \u003c\/em\u003e(2018), \u003cem\u003eDiritti umani e diritti\u003cspan\u003e altrui\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eMaestri di segni e costruttori di pace\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; background: white;\"\u003eTranslation Translation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; background: white;\"\u003e (2021), \u003c\/span\u003eA. Ponzio, \u003cem\u003eLa comunicazione come scambio, produzione e consumo\u003c\/em\u003e (2022). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCo-edited titles include: \u003cem\u003eTranslation and translatability in intersemiotic space\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eBrian Medlin, \u003cem\u003eThe Level-Headed Revolutionary \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e2021), \u003cem\u003eExploring the Translatability of Emotions \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e2022), \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntersemiotic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ePerspectives on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEmotions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e2023), \u003cem\u003eSemiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), \u003cem\u003eSemioethics as Existential Dialogue: Reflections on Religion and Life \u003c\/em\u003e(2023), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eLa speranza come segno \/ Hope as a Sign\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e2024), \u003cem\u003eSemioethics as Existential Dialogue. The Gift and Burden of Responsibility\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e2025), \u003cem\u003eIl diritto all’infunzionalità quale fondamento dei diritti umani\u003c\/em\u003e (2025); and forthcoming: \u003cem\u003eVictoria Welby and Her Significs: Signs, a Woman’s View\u003c\/em\u003e (2026), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSemioethics, Translatability, Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e (2026), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSemioethics as Social Dialogic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePrecarity, Insecurity \u0026amp; Crisis in the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e (2026), and \u003cem\u003eThe Palgrave Peirce Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e (2027).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032016416\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e751\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44318343069836,"sku":"9783032016416","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032016416.jpg?v=1781087578","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032016416","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}