Table of contents
0. Preface and Acknowledgmentsv
1. The Semiotic Control of Experience1
1.1 Towards a natural history of speech1
1.2 Language and the “way of ideas”13
1.3 Semiotics and philosophy32
1.4 The theory of signs and the metaphysical revival50
2. The Semiotic Control of Civil Society63
2.1 “Sapienza ben parlante” or: the use of eloquence63
2.2 Linguistic theory and reformist philosophy in Italy89
2.3. Theories of language in Italy from Revolution to Restoration113
2.4 Theories of language and theories of power in France147
3. The Birth of Idealism in Linguistics: The History of a Transition169
3.1 Transcendental subjectivity and language169
3.2 Linguistics and transcendental philosophy176
3.3 A critique of linguistic transcendentalism182
3.4 Conclusions187
Bibliography191
A. Primary sources191
B. Secondary sources203
Index of Authors211
Index of Subjects & Terms217
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