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Ecocriticism 生态批评

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-15 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-34-61

T. Morton

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Convolute A: Arcades, Magasins de Nouveautés, Sales Clerks A:商场，杂志，售货员

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-3-172-210

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From “Trans-” and “Post-nationalism” to “Critical Cosmopolitanism”. Notes on the Controversy Over Nationalism in the Western Academy 从“跨”、“后民族主义”到“批判世界主义”。西方书院民族主义之争述评

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-3-211-232

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Virus vs Control: Two Fears of One Pandemic 病毒与控制:一场大流行的两种恐惧

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-3-79-105

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The Boulevard Angel of History: Towards Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project 历史的大道天使:对沃尔特·本雅明的拱廊计划

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-3-154-171

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“Narratives of Anxiety” and Hidden Ontologies: Anti-vaccination Protest in “Conservative Orthodoxy” and Its Cultural Context “焦虑叙事”与隐藏本体论:“保守正统”的反疫苗抗议及其文化语境

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-3-106-125

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Viral Buzz: Rumour and Its Disruptions in Pandemic Uncertainty 病毒嗡嗡声:谣言及其在大流行不确定性中的破坏

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2021-05-26 DOI: 10.6092/ISSN.1971-8853/11620

G. Fine

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‘It’s not like any survey I’ve ever seen before’: Discrete Choice Experiments as a Valuation Technology “这与我以前见过的任何调查都不一样”:作为估值技术的离散选择实验

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2021-04-29 DOI: 10.3384/VS.2001-5992.2021.8.1.7-31

Vicki Macknight, Fabien Medvecky

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Three Modes of Valuation Practices in Art Games 艺术游戏中的三种价值实践模式

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2021-04-29 DOI: 10.3384/VS.2001-5992.2021.8.1.85-119

M. Hutter

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Editorial Note: A Note on Transitions 编者按:关于过渡的说明

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2021-04-29 DOI: 10.3384/VS.2001-5992.2021.8.1.1-6

Claes-Fredrik Helgesson

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