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Culture and Explosion is the English translation of the inal book written by
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legendary semiotician Juri Lotman. The volume demonstrates, with copious
examples, how culture inluences the way that humans experience “reality”.
Juri Lotman

Culture and Explosion

Lotman
Lotman’s renowned erudition is showcased in a host of well-chosen illustra-
tions from history, literature, art and right across the humanities.
Edited by Marina Grishakova
Now appearing in English for the very irst time, the volume is made accessi-
Translated by Wilma Clark
ble to students and researchers in semiotics, cultural /literary studies and
Russian studies worldwide, as well as anyone with an interest in understan-

Culture and
ding contemporary intellectual life.

Semiotics, Communication
and Cognition (SCC)

Explosion
This series focuses on the state of contemporary semiotics and its current
applications. Each volume in the series places its topic within a general
understanding of today’s semiotics, an interdisciplinary ield which investi-
gates the application of sign theory not only to culture, but also to nature.
The books are accessibly written and communicate with an academic
readership that is not overspecialized.

series editors
Paul Cobley, London Metropolitan University
Kalevi Kull, University of Tartu

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isbn 978-3-11-021845-9
www.deGruyter.com Mouton de Gruyter
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