The biosemiotics of Aldo Leopold
The biosemiotics of Aldo Leopold
Author(s): Rebecca C. PotterSubject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Applied Linguistics, Semiology, Philosophy of Language, Sociobiology
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
Keywords: Aldo Leopold; Jakob von Uexküll; Jean-Claude Gens; biosemiotics; translation; umwelt
Summary/Abstract: Responding to Jean-Claude Gens’ article, “Uexküll’s Kompositionslehre and Leopold’s ‘land ethic’ in dialogue”, which appeared in Sign Systems Studies in 2013, the article further develops a direct connection between Aldo Leopold’s approach to ecology and Jakob von Uexküll’s umwelt theory. The connection between Uexküll and Leopold is especially evident in Leopold’s descriptions of animal behaviour that he presents in the first part of his seminal work, A Sand County Almanac. In this work specifically, Leopold illustrates the biosemiotic processes described by Uexküll, and does so with a purpose: to reshape our understanding of the biotic community as a place of semiotic interaction.
Journal: Σημειωτκή - Sign Systems Studies
- Issue Year: 44/2016
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 111-127
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English