Ornamented Lives

Ornamented Lives is a theoretical synthesis of cultural psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy of meaning construction. It is an extension of the author's theory of Semiotic Dynamics (Culture in Minds and Societies, 2007) to the field of ornaments. Ornaments are not merely "e;decorations"e; but play the important role of guiding the affective depths of the human minds. This is done by capturing th...