Space-Time: A mythological geometry
Jelena Grigorjeva
Sign Systems Studies December 31, 2007 DOI: 10.12697/sss.2007.35.1-2.06 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 2 |
| Key points | Argues that graphic models such as the cross and the pyramid serve an ideological, transcending function in cultural consciousness, and that analyzing how they emblematize abstract notions of time and space reveals general laws of cultural mentality and the process of fixing meaning through emblems. |
Abstract
In the article the fundamental graphic models that are used by the cultural consciousness to bring about the abstract spheres of thought are analyzed. The problem of inter-semiotic, i.e. emblematic, interpretation of the categories of space and time is also considered. The models of the cross and pyramid are analyzed from the point of view of their ideological (transcending) function and of the mechanism of emblematizing the abstract notions of time and space. This approach helps understanding the general laws of cultural mentality and the process of emblematizing any meaning for the structuring and fixation purposes.