A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics:

Foreword. Part I – Introduction To Zoosemiotics. 1. What Is Zoosemiotics? 2. Critical Issues In The Past, Present And Future Of Zoosemiotics. Part II - Ethological Zoosemiotics. 1. General Systematics Of EZ. 2. Typologies And Functions Of The Signs. 3. The Mind/Body Dualism And The Problem Of The Point Of View. 4. A Semiotic Investigation Of Deception, Play And Aesthetics. Part III - Anthropological Zoosemiotics. 1. General Problems Addressed By A.Z. 2. The Concept Of “Animal” From The Semiotic Perspective. 3. Interspecific Communication And Language. Part IV - A Glossary Of People, Paths And Ideas. Appendix - Does Zoosemiotics Have An Ethical Agenda? 1. Introducing The Problem. 2. The (Zoo)Semiotics Of Resistance. 3. The Human-Animal(Ist) Relationship In Everyday Discourse. 4. A Semiotics Of Anthropocentrism. 5. The Concept Of Biocentrism. References.