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The paper examines the evolution of Lotman’s cultural semiotics through historical contexts and ideas.

July 3, 2026SemioticaOpen Access

Lotman, Konrad, and the cultural monad: a study in the history of semiotics

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The paper examines the evolution of Lotman’s cultural semiotics through historical contexts and ideas.
Analyzed Lotman’s notion of the semiotic monad from 1989.
Investigated an epistolary between Arnold Toynbee and Nikolaj I. Konrad from 1967.
Reconstructed Konrad’s impact on Lotman’s theories.
Identified the origins of 'semiotic monad' in the correspondence between Toynbee and Konrad.
Illustrated how Konrad's perspectives shaped Lotman’s understanding of culture.
Demonstrated connections between cultural structures and translation in semiotics.

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Explores semiotic monads in culture, tracing influences between Lotman and Konrad.

Pietro Restaneo (2026) studied this question.

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