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 .
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"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.