«De-Sign» in the Transmodern World

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author(s)/editor(s)
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• 1. An Unexpected Invitation
• 2. When It All Began
• 3. What is De-sign? and How do I Use the Term?
• 4. Designing the De-sign: Making Sense of the Sequence of the Book
• 5. Digressions as a Way of Inauguration
• Chapter 1. A Subtle Shift in an Unrecognizable Age
• 1. Transmodernity? Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
• 1.1. The Shortcoming of Modernity and Ambivalence of Postmodernity
• 1.2. Chrysalis Process: From Postmodernity to Transmodernity
• 1.3. Transmodernity: A Subtle Shift of Diaphanous Characteristics
• 1.4. Transmodernity as the Great Turning
• 2. Transmodernity and the Emergence of Integral Consciousness
• 2.1. Integrating the Visual, Virtual, and Visceral
• 3. Transmodernity, Diaphanous Perception, and Synechism
• 3.1. Diaphaneity at the Core of Transmodernity
• 3.2. Synechism of Transmodernity
• 3.3. What’s in a Name?
• References
• Chapter 2. When Absolute Reality Becomes Obsolete
• 1. The Fallacy of Absoluteness and Autonomy
• 1.1. Perceiving Reality and Experiencing Lifeworld
• 1.2. Objective Reality: Inseparability of Mind-Dependent and Mind-Independent Being
• 1.3. The Splendor of Language and the Tyranny of Words
• 1.4. Incompatibility of Absolute Reality with Semiotic Consciousness
• 2. Human Perception and Space-Time Deception
• 2.1. The “Unreality” of Space and Time
• 2.2. Peircean Categories of Reality
• 2.3. The Consequential Disposition of Absolutizing Reality
• 3. Absolute Reality and Misconception of God
• 3.1. The Vagueness of the Words “God” and “Reality”
• 3.2. Isolating Human Beings from God and Reality
• 3.3. The Paradox of One and Many
• References
• Chapter 3. What Is Real Is Not Always True!
• 1. The Illusive Notion of Reality
• 1.1. Reality: Is It Real or True?
• 1.2. Peculiarity of the Real and the True
• 1.3. Isomorphic Process: When the Real Becomes True and Vice Versa
• 2. The Real and the True in the Realm of Objects, Things, and Signs
• 2.1. The Difference Between Objects and Things
• 2.2. How Are the Real and the True Related to Objects and Things?
• 3. Challenges to the Real and the True
• 3.1. The Dilemma of Truth and Falsehood
• 3.2. Telling the Truth by Lying
• 3.3. Morality or Integrity?
• 4. The Action of Signs and the Role of Design in Crossing Boundaries
• 4.1. Playing with Boundaries of Space and Time
• 4.2. Traversing Boundaries between the Virtual, Visual, and Visceral
• 5. Tolerating the Undefinable Flux of Reality
• 5.1. Being in Relations with Transmodern Lebenswelt
• 5.2. Resilience of Signs: Traversing the Boundary Between Life and Death
• References
• Chapter 4. Navigating Through Diaphanous Space and Polychronic Time
• 1. The Possibility of the Impossible
• 2. Ipso Facto: Transparency of Space and Circularity of Time
• 2.1. The Fluidity of Space and the Flow of Time
• 2.2. The Bases of Diaphanous Space and Polychronic Time
• 3. The Role of Memory: Playing with the Boundaries of Space and Time
• 3.1. Phantasmagorical Phenomenon: The Muse of Past and Future Memories
• 3.2. Forecasting the Future Versus Imagining the Future
• 4. Gifts of Traversing Across the Boundaries of Space and Time
• 4.1. Living Semiotically: Crossing the Boundary Between Life and Death
• 4.2. Envisioning Relations: Engaging in Imaginary Dialogue
• 5. Diaphanous Space and Polychronic Time in Transmodern World
• 5.1. Playing with the Ensemble of Visual, Virtual, and Visceral Reality
• 5.2. Paradoxes of Navigating Through Diaphanous Space and Polychronic Time
• 5.3. A Heroic Journey: Resilience and Perseverance
• References
• Chapter 5. Transdisciplinarity and the Transmodern Lifeworld
• 1. What Is Transdisciplinarity?
• 1.1. Generalist Versus Expert: Jack of All Trades and Master of None!
• 1.2. Transdisciplinarity: Antinomies of Education and Training
• 2. Transdisciplinarity of Design and Semiotics
• 2.1. Why Is Transdisciplinarity Intrinsic to Design and Semiotics?
• 2.2. Transdisciplinarity: Beyond the Humanities–Science Schism
• 3. Hair-Splitting Analysis? Search, Research, and Inquiry
• 3.1. The Difference that Makes Differences
• 3.2. Three Categories of Knowing: Search, Research, and Inquiry
• 3.3. What Is De-sign Inquiry?
• 3.4. Epistemological Fallibilism and Analog Experience
• 4. Integrating Factual Information with Imaginative Interpretation
• 4.1. The Woven Fabric of Knowledge
• 4.2. De-sign Inquiry and the Integration of Fact and Fiction
• 4.3. Loosening the Rigidity of the Mind, Melting the Hardness of the Heart
• 5. Inseparability of Transdisciplinarity and Transmodernity
• 5.1. Transdisciplinarity and the Reconstruction of Reality
• 5.2. My Initial Encounter with Transdisciplinarity
• References
• Chapter 6. Persistence on Separation and Attempt at Integration
• 1. The Lonesome Two and the Dominant Others
• 1.1. The Familiar Two that Separate, and the Unfamiliar Two that Integrate
• 1.2. The Doubt of the Artifice, and the Belief in Pars Pro Toto
• 1.3. Persistence on the Illegitimacy of Separation
• 1.4. Beyond Polarization: Meeting Dominant Cultures on Their Own Turf
• 2. Some Significant and Modest Attempts Toward Integration
• 2.1. Pioneering Experiments in Making Design and Semiotics Known
• 2.2. Masquerading the Familiar
• 2.3. Sugarcoating the Unfamiliar
• 2.4. Appropriating the Lonesome
• 3. Wrapping up
• References
• Chapter 7. De-sign: The Fusion of Design and Semiotics
• 1. Design Culture and Semiotic Consciousness
• 1.1. The Language of Design and the Action of Signs
• 1.2. The Convergence of Design, Signs, and Life
• 2. Revealing Mutual Reciprocities Between Design and Semiotics
• 2.1. The Roots of Words “Design” and “Sign”
• 2.2. Design and Semiotics: A Vocation of Pragmatism (or Pragmaticism)
• 2.3. Intentionality in Design and Semiotics
• 2.4. The Art of Deception: Design and Signs Tell the Truth by Lying!
• 3. The Kernel of Design and Semiotics
• 3.1. Design Ability and Semiotic Competency: The Fallacy of a Chosen Few!
• 3.2. The Interrelation Between Design Thinking and Semiotic Interpretation
• 3.3. De-sign: Beyond Problem Solving and the Pars Pro Toto Fallacy
• 4. Paradoxical Thinking in Design and Semiotics
• 4.1. Paradoxes Are Not Problems
• 4.2. Divergence and Convergence, Analysis and Synthesis
• 4.3. Knowing and Not-Knowing, Sophistication and Innocence, Control and Surrender
• 4.4. Continuity and Change
• 4.5. The Real and the Imaginary
• 4.6. Technology and Teleology, Means Versus Ends
• 5. Summing Up
• References
• Chapter 8. Perseverance Through the Paradoxes of De-sign
• 1. The Ever-Present Existential Nature of Paradoxes
• 2. Paradoxes Are Not All Equal
• 2.1. Paradoxes: The Frivolous, the Playful, and the Challenging
• 2.2. The Par Pro Toto Fallacy of Problems as Paradoxes
• 2.3. Paradoxes and the Limit of Common Sense
• 2.4. Paradoxical Challenges: Cognitive Dissonance and De-sign Consciousness
• 3. My Close Encounters with Paradoxes and Perseverance
• 3.1. When the Rose Turns Red
• 3.2. A Dark Night in the Belly of the Paradox
• 3.3. Determinism and Free Will: At-Home, Away-From-Home
• 4. A Destiny of Negation: Persevering Through Paradoxes of De-sign
• 4.1. The Two Faces of Perseverance
• 4.2. Dwelling in Uncertainty and Tolerating the Ambiguity of De-sign
• 4.3. Paradoxical Thinking Elevates Understanding and Alleviates Contradictions
• 5. The Promise of Persevering Through Paradoxes of De-sign
• 5.1. Perseverance and Negation: The Hallmark of Transmodern Lifeworld
• 5.2. Destiny of Negation: Mirabile Dictu of Paradoxes
• References
• Chapter 9. The Splendor of Design and The Transparency of Signs
• 1. The Phenomenology of Design and Sign
• 1.1. De-sign and Phenomenological Categories
• 1.2. The Palingenesia of Design and the Transparency of Signs
• 2. The Audacity of Design and the Resilience of Signs
• 2.1. The Diaphaneity and Ambiguity of De-sign Consciousness
• 2.2. De-sign Consciousness and the Wonder of Uncommon Sense
• 2.3. De-sign Consciousness and Imagination
• 2.4. De-sign Consciousness and Intentionality
• 3. De-sign: Dialoging and Imagining
• 3.1. Dialogical Imagination: Beyond Debates and Conversations
• 3.2. De-sign and Dia-logue: Toward Imaginative Interpretation
• 3.3. De-sign: Imagination and Falling in Love
• 4. De-sign and the Unrelenting Desire for Wholeness
• 4.1. Actualization of Wholeness: The Implicate Order of De-sign
• 4.2. De-sign and the Phenomenon of Wholophilia
• 5. Manifestations of De-sign in the Transmodern World
• 5.1. Voila! Designers Think Semiotically and Semioticians Practice Design
• 5.2. Design and Semiotics: A Heavenly Marriage!
• References
• Chapter 10. Inseparable Braid: Design, Semiotics, and Love
• 1. Introduction: What’s Love Got to Do with Design and Semiotics?
• 1.1. Invisible Relations of Love and Visible Manifestations of De-sign
• 1.2. The Sensuous and Magical Spell of De-sign
• 2. Eros of De-sign and the Nature of Eroticism
• 2.1. Eroticism in De-sign and the Infinity of Love
• 2.2. De-sign as an Erotic Encounter
• 3. De-sign and the Seductive Nature of Eros
• 3.1. De-sign as Manifestations of the Imaginal Intelligence-of-the-Heart
• 3.2. Seductive Relation Beyond Persuasive Communication
• 3.3. Seduction and Conspiracy to De-sign
• 4. The Teleology of De-sign
• 4.1. De-sign Consciousness: The Embodiment of Self-Transcendence
• 4.2. De-sign, Love, and the Quest for Meaning
• 4.3. Design and Semiotics: A Dyad on the Path of Evolutionary Love
• 5. De-sign and the “Generator-of-Desire”
• References
• Chapter 11. The Love of Knowing and the Desire for Creation
• 1. De-sign as Philomathic and Philomorphic Processes
• 1.1. The Paradoxical Interplay of Knowing and the Act of Creation
• 1.2. Erotic Encounter Between the Divine and Humans
• 1.3. Encountering the Unknown Through the Act of Creation
• 1.4. De-sign: From the Pursuit of Happiness to Creation of Wellbeing
• 2. The Degrees of Knowledge and the Risk of Creation
• 2.1. Paradoxical Exchange: The Beautiful and the Grotesque
• 2.2. The Beautiful Side of Ugliness and the Ugly Side of Beauty
• 2.3. Experiencing the Sublime: The Love of Beauty and Grotesqueness
• 3. De-sign and Ethical Imagination
• 3.1. Morality Versus Integrity
• 3.2. Eros of De-sign and the Integrity of Imagination
• 3.3. Hovering Between Good Eros and Bad Eris
• 3.4. Is Evil a Figment of our Imagination?
• References
• Epilogue. De-sign: The Mutual Fulfillment of God and Humans
• 1. The Nature of Reality and the Meaning of God
• 1.1. Evolutionary Love: The Will of God and the Desires of Humans
• 1.2. De-sign, Reality, and God: A Neglected Antediluvian Nexus
• 2. Pure Play of Musement: Imagining God
• 2.1. Reciprocal Divination: The Imagined and the Imaginer
• 2.2. De-sign as the Continuity of Musement
• 2.3. God and Humans: The Ethereal and Invisible Relation
• 3. Are We Playing God?
• References
• Index of names
• Index of Subjects and Terms
• Series index