Ugo Volli
Biographic Data
| ID | 1679731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ugo Volli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ugo |
| FAMILY NAME | Volli |
| SIGNATURE | VOLLI U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1994-4813 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Dangers of Militant Identity in the Humanities
A Signifying System Almost Devoid of Semantics
After having discussed the most significant semantic hypotheses for the food system and having rejected them, the paper proposes to consider it as a monoplanar or “appearance” signifying system. Semiotics can operate on these systems by analyzing their morphology and syntax. A general scheme for the food system is proposed, stratified into four levels (ingredients, food, meals, cycles)
The transcendence of the face
This paper starts with an examination of the terms used to designate the face in different languages, in particular in Italian, comparing these with the definitions provided by some authoritative dictionaries as well as with their etymology. This exploration yields some remarkable results: firstly, it appears that the face is indeed a term that has a material meaning, but at the same time it is a social object; secondly, the importance of the com…
La rosa di Sharon
La Torà (il Pentateuco) à ̈ ambientato nel deserto: fiori e frutta sono oggetti rari, poco presenti nella vita quotidiana, ma ricchi di bellezza, di profumo, di seduzione. Nella narrazione essi non compaiono quasi mai come semplici oggetti, ma sono sempre investiti di valori connotativi. Così il frutto dell Eden, descritto come buono da mangiare, piacevole a vedersi e desiderabile . Così il fiore disputato fra le due spose di Giacobbe in cambio d…
Reasonable, Ruled, Responsible
Taste and meaning
A basic anthropological fact is that, although hunger is a constant experience in human history, not everything that from a biochemical point of view could be nutritious, in fact is eaten. In every human culture, food, not unlike language, is controlled by rich sets of rules that establish obligations and prohibitions, contextual bonds to time, and circumstances and syntactic structures for different types of meal. Often these rules - as well as …
Cherubim
There is a very general problem of representing transcendence in different culture: how to make present what is by definition beyond human experience. Many cultures forbid it, other as the Christian one allow representations of some divine presence in the world. Jewish tradition is in general strongly anti-iconic and especially forbids any representation of divinity. But in the most sacred place of Judaism, the Holy of Holies, the book of Exodus …
Gli spazi della pubblicità, l'immaginario e lo sguardo
1. Che la pubblicità sia proprio l'arte del nostro mondo (o in una versione meno forte ma altrettanto significativa, almeno la nuova arte più caratteristica dell'epoca contemporanea), è quasi un luogo comune fra gli addetti ai lavori e i commentatori della "comunicazione" - un'altra ambiziosa autodefinizione questa, costruita per sineddoche, che i pubblicitari usano come un'antonomasia: questa denominazione afferma che fare pubblicità è comunicar…
Crisis of representation, crisis of representational semiotics
Crisis of representation, crisis of representational semiotics
The transcendence of the face
This paper starts with an examination of the terms used to designate the face in different languages, in particular in Italian, comparing these with the definitions provided by some authoritative dictionaries as well as with their etymology. This exploration yields some remarkable results: firstly, it appears that the face is indeed a term that has a material meaning, but at the same time it is a social object; secondly, the importance of the com…
Taste and meaning
A basic anthropological fact is that, although hunger is a constant experience in human history, not everything that from a biochemical point of view could be nutritious, in fact is eaten. In every human culture, food, not unlike language, is controlled by rich sets of rules that establish obligations and prohibitions, contextual bonds to time, and circumstances and syntactic structures for different types of meal. Often these rules - as well as …
Cherubim
There is a very general problem of representing transcendence in different culture: how to make present what is by definition beyond human experience. Many cultures forbid it, other as the Christian one allow representations of some divine presence in the world. Jewish tradition is in general strongly anti-iconic and especially forbids any representation of divinity. But in the most sacred place of Judaism, the Holy of Holies, the book of Exodus …
Crisis of representation, crisis of representational semiotics
Gli spazi della pubblicità, l'immaginario e lo sguardo
1. Che la pubblicità sia proprio l'arte del nostro mondo (o in una versione meno forte ma altrettanto significativa, almeno la nuova arte più caratteristica dell'epoca contemporanea), è quasi un luogo comune fra gli addetti ai lavori e i commentatori della "comunicazione" - un'altra ambiziosa autodefinizione questa, costruita per sineddoche, che i pubblicitari usano come un'antonomasia: questa denominazione afferma che fare pubblicità è comunicar…
Cherubim
There is a very general problem of representing transcendence in different culture: how to make present what is by definition beyond human experience. Many cultures forbid it, other as the Christian one allow representations of some divine presence in the world. Jewish tradition is in general strongly anti-iconic and especially forbids any representation of divinity. But in the most sacred place of Judaism, the Holy of Holies, the book of Exodus …
Taste and meaning
A basic anthropological fact is that, although hunger is a constant experience in human history, not everything that from a biochemical point of view could be nutritious, in fact is eaten. In every human culture, food, not unlike language, is controlled by rich sets of rules that establish obligations and prohibitions, contextual bonds to time, and circumstances and syntactic structures for different types of meal. Often these rules - as well as …
La rosa di Sharon
La Torà (il Pentateuco) à ̈ ambientato nel deserto: fiori e frutta sono oggetti rari, poco presenti nella vita quotidiana, ma ricchi di bellezza, di profumo, di seduzione. Nella narrazione essi non compaiono quasi mai come semplici oggetti, ma sono sempre investiti di valori connotativi. Così il frutto dell Eden, descritto come buono da mangiare, piacevole a vedersi e desiderabile . Così il fiore disputato fra le due spose di Giacobbe in cambio d…
Reasonable, Ruled, Responsible
The transcendence of the face
This paper starts with an examination of the terms used to designate the face in different languages, in particular in Italian, comparing these with the definitions provided by some authoritative dictionaries as well as with their etymology. This exploration yields some remarkable results: firstly, it appears that the face is indeed a term that has a material meaning, but at the same time it is a social object; secondly, the importance of the com…
A Signifying System Almost Devoid of Semantics
After having discussed the most significant semantic hypotheses for the food system and having rejected them, the paper proposes to consider it as a monoplanar or “appearance” signifying system. Semiotics can operate on these systems by analyzing their morphology and syntax. A general scheme for the food system is proposed, stratified into four levels (ingredients, food, meals, cycles)
The Dangers of Militant Identity in the Humanities
Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Art (2 works)