Extending the gaze to all signs of life, semiotics as global semiotics evidences the condition of interrelatedness and interdependency not only among the sign systems […]
Situations and atmospheres in organizations. A (new) phenomenology of being-in-the-organization
Although situations and atmospheres are omnipresent in organizations and have a significant influence on the behaviour of the members of the organization, they are only […]
John R. Lucas Against Mechanism
Can the human mind be properly described in mechanical terms? It is in order to demonstrate that it cannot be that in 1959 John R. […]
Critique of aesthetic capitalism
Aesthetic Economy is a theory of the recent development of capitalism in our national economies. Basic needs are easily satisfied and, as a result, most […]
Self employment and Platform Capitalism
University of Ca’ Foscari, Venice – Friday, 26th May /Saturday, 27th May Chair Introduction, Sergio Bologna
The Evil Side of the Web
There are various risks tied to the Web. Toxic evils like cybercrimes, cyberbullying, on-line harassment, aggressive online comments, defamation, hateful speech, plagiarism, etc. are growing among […]
Introduction to Social Innovation
It is commonly shared the idea that social innovation is the creation of social value by solving social problems. Accordingly, social innovation can be deemed […]
How to Learn? Nippon/japan as Object, Nippon/japan as Method
How is one to learn in a time of globalization? And in particular: how is one to learn if the research “object” is a non-European […]
Fictional Artworks. Literary Ékphrasis and the Invention of Images
The volume is devoted to images in painting, photography and cinema invented by literature. At the same time it intends to question, through this perspective, […]