Putting The Apple Back On The Tree. Cassirer And The Contemporary Rejection Of Symbolic Agency
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https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-9251/32272Keywords:
symbol, sign, information, woman, plantAbstract
The essay examines the distinction Cassirer makes between sign and symbol. Using these concepts, it describes, in Cassirer’s terms, two contemporary anti-symbolic trends: one linked to information and automation technologies, and the other linked to contemporary literature that explores the female desire to become a plant.
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