Marek Tamm – A Holistic Approach to Semiotics: Juri Lotman 

Lecture given as a part of the activities of the 2022 International Open Seminar on Semiotics: a Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing. (12 March 2022)

centenary 2022, Juri Lotman 100, lectures, loengud

Available on IEF – Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos | Unidade de Investigação & Desenvolvimento Youtube channel

Juri Lotman 100
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Without the semiosphere, language not only does not function, it does not exist. The different substructures of the semiosphere are linked in their interaction and cannot function without the support of each other. This is the sense of semiosphere in the contemporary world, steadily expanding into space over the centuries, it has now taken on a global character, and includes within itself the call signs of satellites, the verse of poets and the cry of animals. The interdependence of these elements of the semiosphere is not metaphorical, but a reality. 

Juri Lotman “Semiosfäärist”. Rmt: Semiosfäärist. Tallinn: Vagabund 1999