A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics:: People, Paths, Ideas (Biosemiotics Book 5)

A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics is the first attempt to systematize the discipline that studies animal communication and signification through its most important and/or problematic terms and concepts, and its most representative scholars. It is a companion, in that it attempts to cover the entire range of key words of the field, and it is critical, in that it aims not only to describe, but also to discuss and problematize such words. The book is conceived for zoosemiotic students, researchers and scholars as a valuable tool for consultation, reference, research and reflection, and it represents an ideal complement for reading and studying zoosemiotic books and essays. "A critical companion of zoosemiotics is the first attempt to systematise the study of animal communication and signification through its most important and/or problematic terms and concepts, and its most representative scholars. It is a companion, in that it attempts to cover the entire range of key terms in the field, and it's critical, in that it aims not only to describe, but also to discuss, problematise and, in some cases, resolve, these terms."--Product description Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction to Zoosemiotics....Pages 1-64 Ethological Zoosemiotics....Pages 65-119 Anthropological Zoosemiotics....Pages 121-170 A Glossary of People, Paths and Ideas....Pages 171-290 Does Zoosemiotics Have an Ethical Agenda?....Pages 291-325 Back Matter....Pages 327-353