SEMIOTIC OF CURRENT AFFAIRS AND CURRENT SEMIOTICS

This paper explores the possibilities for the Semiotic to elaborate the concept of current affairs by explaining and integrating the common use of the term into its theoretical and analytical corpus. It depends to a large extent on the linguistic and semiotic concept of actualization, and because of this it is conceivable to speak rigorously of current semiotics, that is, current discourse. As these are constituted in a hierarchical and changing manner in their moments of validity, it is necessary for Semiotics, in dialogue with other disciplines, to critically dissect the historical development of their current discourse. Thus, from a more general analytical theoretical level, an explanation of the character of contemporary discourses is proposed and the way in which the human body is involved in them is exemplified. The conclusions highlight the fact that this is one way, among others, by which Semiotics can achieve actuality.