From Theorist to Thinker: Encounter with Yuri Lotman under the Mentorship of Boris Egorov
In this paper, which is largely personal and retrospective, the author shares his memories of his encounters with the works of Yuri Lotman and takes the opportunity for a reconsideration of his semiotics as a specific reflection on the history of Russia. Beginning with memories of the first encounter with Lotman's work more than thirty years ago in Korea, the author describes ...