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Saussure and His Interpreters, Hardback Book

Saussure and His Interpreters Hardback

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This book is the first major reassessment of the reception of Saussure's ideas throughout the twentieth century.

That Saussure's work profoundly influenced developments in such diverse fields as linguistics, anthropology, psychology and literary studies is denied by no one.

But what exactly Saussure's views were taken to be by his interpreters has not hitherto been subject to any comprehensive critical survey.

How well were Saussure's ideas understood by those who took them up? Or how badly misunderstood? And why? The answers to these questions address central issues in the history of Western culture.

Each chapter focuses on one particular interpreter of Saussure's work, but many others are mentioned in context for purposes of comparison, and attention is drawn to connections and disparities between their interpretations.

Those whose interpretations are examined in detail include Bloomfield, Hjelmslev, Jakobson, Levi-Strauss, Chomsky, Barthes and Derrida. Features: * The author is acknowledged as an expert on Saussure's work * This is the first study of the reception of Saussure's ideas, and how well they were understood by those who took them up * The work of Saussure is a landmark in the history of linguistic thought

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