{"product_id":"parallels-interactions-and-illuminations-ersu-ding-9781442640481","title":"Parallels, Interactions, and Illuminations: Traversing Chinese and Western Theories of the Sign","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first major work in Sino-Western comparative semiotics, \u003cem\u003eParallels, Interactions, and Illuminations\u003c\/em\u003e is a trans-disciplinary and intercultural effort that makes intellectual connections not only across such diverse academic fields as epistemology, anthropology, linguistics, sociology, and cultural studies but also between Chinese and Western theories of the sign in the conviction that they can shed light on one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, Ersu Ding studies two traditions of semiotic realism, represented by Plato and Husserl in the West and by Mo Zi and Ouyang Jian in China. They share two fundamental assumptions with regard to meaning: that there exist ultimate qualities of things and states of affairs in the extrasemiotic world and that the meanings of words or other types of sign are derivatives of these essentials. A pioneering work that remains extraordinarily accessible, \u003cem\u003eParallels, Interactions, and Illuminations\u003c\/em\u003e explores a wide range of issues, including inter-subjective negotiation of meaning, the relationship between metaphor and culture, and the production and dissemination of myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ersu Ding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442640480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442640481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011","brand":"Ersu Ding","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453635932415,"sku":"9781442640481","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a887a6d-ad45-4fa2-857d-9e7400dff6b3.jpg?v=1777301332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/parallels-interactions-and-illuminations-ersu-ding-9781442640481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}