Symbolic expression

Japanese: 記号表現 - きごうひょうげん
Symbolic expression

…Language is a prism through which humans discontinuously transform continuous reality, and is nothing other than an arbitrary (= historical/social) Gestalt. Therefore, a linguistic sign is not a sign of an externally-located object, but is itself both a “sign expression” (signifiant) and a “signified” (signifié), and these two exist only on the premise of the existence of the other, and are produced together with the segmentation of the “sign” (signe). (Note that although these are not necessarily appropriate translations, due to the historical circumstances of the introduction of translations in Japan, the translations “nocitante” and “signifié” are sometimes used.) This is a fundamental criticism of the logocentrism that has dominated Western metaphysics since Greece, and this way of thinking can be said to have become the basis of cultural semiotics, which we will look at next.…

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "symbolic expressions" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…言語とは,人間がそれを通して連続の現実を非連続化するプリズムであり,恣意的(=歴史・社会的)ゲシュタルトにほかならない。したがって,言語記号は自らに外在する指向対象の標識ではなく,それ自体が〈記号表現〉(シニフィアンsignifiant)であると同時に〈記号内容〉(シニフィエsignifié)であり,この二つは互いの存在を前提としてのみ存在し,〈記号〉(シーニュsigne)の分節とともに産出される(なお,かならずしも適切な訳語とはいえないが,日本における翻訳紹介の歴史的事情もあって,signifiantには〈能記〉,signifiéには〈所記〉の訳語がときに用いられる)。これはギリシア以来の西欧形而上学を支配していたロゴス中心主義への根底的批判であり,この考え方が次に見る文化記号学,文化記号論の基盤になったと言えよう。…

※「記号表現」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Climate classification

>>:  Symbol vehicle - Symbol vehicle

Recommend

Heron - Heron

A general term for birds of the heron family. They...

"Uesugi Prefectural Governor's Tour Journal"

...The farmers of the time were exhausted from hu...

Departure meal - Idetachi no Zen

…After the monks' ceremony, the coffin is tak...

Kaifuchu

… [Tadao Yokota] [Kofu Castle Town] A castle town...

《Lady's Monthly Museum》(English)

… Women's magazines also developed rapidly du...

Birthing house - Ubuya

A hut or room where a new mother stays in a separ...

Clockwork God - Kikaijikake no Kami

…It is a Latin translation of the Greek theos apo...

Yachiho [village] - Yachiho

A village in Minamisaku District, eastern Nagano P...

Ami Positive - Ami Positive

...When the halftone negative is contact printed ...

Illyrians - Illyrians

In English, Illyrian. The Illyrians are the indige...

《The Court Ladies》

...However, this was probably only possible in th...

Naisui (English spelling) internal waters

In addition to inland waters such as rivers and l...

Molina, Mario

Born: March 19, 1943, Mexico City, Mexico [Died]20...

Rice bran - Rice bran

A mixture of the husk and germ that is obtained wh...

Tholos (Greek)

Architectural term. Circular tombs and buildings ...