The Castration of Signs
Conversing With Augustine on Creation, Language and Truth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20460342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susannah Ticciati (King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-179 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2007.00368.x |
| OpenAlex | W2029572808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article takes as its starting point Nicholas Lash's use of the Buberian distinction between the basic words “I‐It” and “I‐You” to address the question of how the difference between God and creation is “displayed” within the world. Drawing on a rather different discourse—the semiotics developed by Augustine in the distinctions he makes between sign and thing, use and enjoyment—it seeks to explore the concrete shape that might be taken by practices that foster the speaking of the basic word “I‐You”, and which thereby manifest God's redemptive activity within the world, focusing specifically on practices of debate and argument. “What might a redeemed practice of debate look like?” is the question that this article seeks to answer
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Semiotics · Sign system · Sociology · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |