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The aim of this commentary is to make “Being and Time” accessible in terms of its fundamental conceptual structure and its extraordinary wealth of ideas, and to reveal the book’s guiding themes in their systematic interconnection. To this end, references to both Kant’s transcendental philosophy and Husserl’s transcende...

The Sun Shining in a Mirror: Poetic Knowing in ʿIrāqī’s Lamaʿāt

This article argues that the form of a text matters as much as, if not more than, its content. Using Fakhr al-Din ‘Irāqī’s Lamaʿāt (Divine Flashes) as a case study, this article explores the significance of the poetic form and the role of the reader/listener in interpreting and experiencing the poem. The article argues...

தமிழவன் சிறுகதைகளில் 'வாசகன்' மையமாதல்

In the history of Tamil short stories, Tamilavan's works hold a prominent place for shifting the emphasis from traditional author-centric storytelling to the reader's interpretive experience through postmodern narrative strategies. Grounded in Roland Barthes' concept of the "Death of the Author" and Michel Foucault's i...

Conditions, ecologies, and plateaus: unmade by books

ABSTRACT The invitation to reflect on the ‘books that made me’ indulges in a necessary albeit seductive fiction, namely, that reading unfolds causally, that intellectual life can be traced through a stable sequence of influences, and that books play into the creation of coherent subjects. This essay proceeds from a som...

SEMIOTIC NARRATIVES OF AMERICAN TV SERIES CULTURE: THE CASE OF MY LIFE WITH WALTER MEN

Culture can sometimes be constructive and sometimes destructive. Culture presents itself as a whole of inclusive and questioning elements that encompass the people who enter it. In order to make sense of culture, it is important to examine content that represents examples within society. The concept of semiotics first...