THE RELATIONAL CIRCUIT REVISITED
Paul Ryan
Media Studies, New School University, NYC
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ABSTRACT
The author revisits the relational
circuit, an original topological figure that synthesizes cybernetics and
semiotics. This circuit was first presented to the semiotic community in a 1991
essay entitled ‘A Sign of itself’. Technical issues discussed
include the difference between a torus and the relational circuit as well as
the possibility of difference without discontinuity. Issues of meaning
discussed include the possibility of using the feedback made possible by the
relational circuit for conflict resolution in the context of our current war on
terror.
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