Semiotic Meaning as Motivation for Collective Action, by Jendrik Hilgerloh-Nuske

How does the meaning of signs pertain to the meaning subjects may want their actions to have or realize? Does it at all? If it does, is it an achievement of agency or an instance of control? How should it be conceived of in the context of political coordination?

In this IAPSS Political Theory SRC lecture held on 30th July 2022, Jendrik Hilgerloh-Nuske introduces four theories from the field of semiotics. In an effort to ground conceptually his dissertational project, which has been introduced in a former webinar (   • IAPSS Political Theory SRC: The Pursu...  , he then attempts to link them to the motivation of collective action.

Presenter: Jendrik Hilgerloh-Nuske
PhD Candidate in Political Science
University of Bremen
Political Theory Research Committee Member


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