Monday, August 29, 2011

While looking through the website for St. Augustine's Press today, I saw John Deely's latest in the new releases -- Semiotic Animal. It was the subtitle that really caught my eye: A Postmodern Definition of
“Human Being” Transcending Patriarchy and Feminism. What does this mean, exactly? Patriarchy and Feminism are related to the sphere of moral action though they are rooted in conceptions of sex (or gender). So does Mr. Deely attempt to downplay sex differences?

More:
A brief essay with the same name as the title of the book.

Basics of Semiotics (Semiotics page)

Nicholas Orme

Medievalists.net: Medieval Schools: Roman Britain to Renaissance England, a post about Nicholas Orme's Medieval Schools: From Roman Britain to Renaissance England.

Orme also has a book about Medieval Children. A review of that book. (Mars Hill Audio)
Childhood in Medieval England, c.500-1500

More about Nicholas Orme:
The Devonshire Association