From semiosis to social policy: The less trodden path

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  • Andrew Stables Department of Education, University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2006.34.1.06

Abstract

The argument moves through three stages. In the first, the case is made for accepting ‘living is semiotic engagement’ as ‘a foundational statement for a postfoundational age’. This requires a thoroughgoing rejection of mind-body substance dualism, and a problematisation of humanism. In the second, the hazardous endeavour of applying the above perspective to social policy begins with a consideration of the sine qua non(s) underpinning such an application. These are posited as unpredictability of outcomes and blurring of the human/non-human boundary. In the third stage, the case is developed for a policy orientation that is both liberal-pragmatic (with some caveats relating to ‘liberal’) and post-humanist, and the paper concludes with some speculation concerning the precise policy outcomes of such an orientation.

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Published

2006-12-31

How to Cite

Stables, A. (2006). From semiosis to social policy: The less trodden path. Sign Systems Studies, 34(1), 121–134. https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2006.34.1.06

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