English Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Source
Sign Systems Studies
Abstract
Responding to Jean-Claude Gens’ article “Uexküll’s Kompositionslehre and Leopold’s ‘land ethic’ in dialogue,” which appeared in Sign Systems Studies in 2013, this article further develops a direct connection between Aldo Leopold’s approach to ecology and Jakob von Uexküll’s umwelt theory. The connection between Uexküll and Leopold is especially evident in Leopold’s descriptions of animal behaviour that he presents in the first part of his seminal work, A Sand County Almanac. In this work specifically, Leopold illustrates the biosemiotic processes described by Uexküll, and does so with a purpose: to reshape our understanding of the biotic community as a place of semiotic interaction.
Inclusive pages
111-127
ISBN/ISSN
1406-4243
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2016, Rebecca C. Potter
Publisher
University of Tartu Press
Volume
44
Issue
1-2
Place of Publication
Tartu, Estonia
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Potter, Rebecca, "The Biosemiotics of Aldo Leopold" (2016). English Faculty Publications. 95.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eng_fac_pub/95
Comments
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