Semiotic Theory and Sacramentality in Hugh of Saint Victor

by Ruben Angelici

Book Overview

This book offers Hugh of Saint Victor's early scholastic thoughts on sacrament in order to re-discover the pre-modern theological understanding of ontological signification. The Christian understanding of sacrament through the category of 'signs' results in a theology that inherently shares in the philosophical notion of semiotics. Yet, through the advent of post-structuralism, current sign-theory is effectively shaped by post-Kantian, ontological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367784483
• ISBN13: 9780367784485
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"