In this introduction to the semiotic theory of one of the most innovative theorists of the twentieth century, the Russian literary scholar and semiotician Yuri Lotman, offers a new look at Lotman's profound legacy by conceptualizing his ideas in modern context and presenting them as a useful tool of cultural analysis.

Autorentext
Aleksei Semenenko is a research fellow and lecturer in the Department of Slavic Language and Literatures and Stockholm University.

Inhalt
Contexts Culture as System Culture as Text Semiosphere Universal Mind Conclusion: The World as Text