Hoffmeyer, Jesper

Biosemiotics : an examination into the signs of life and the life of signs / Jesper Hoffmeyer ; translated by Jesper Hoffmeyer and Donald Favareau ; edited by Donald Favareau. - xix, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Approaches to postmodernity ; v. 2 . - Approaches to postmodernity ; v. 2. .

"Originally published in Danish as Biosemiotik. En afhandling om livets tegn og tegnenes liv. 2005 Ries Forlag, Copenhagen"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-398) and index.

On Biosemiotics -- Surfaces within surfaces -- Sign and cause -- Code-duality -- The semiotics of history -- The semiotic niche -- Endosemiotics -- From animal to human -- Perspectives -- Biosemiotic technology -- Postscript : short historical notes.

1589661699 9781589661691

2008018733


Biology--Semiotics

QH331 / .H593 2008

570.14