by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Apr 8, 2026 | beyond idealism, Biosemiotics, Discursive Gap, Presentations, Semiotics, Systems thinking
Invitation to join Semiofest For those who haven’t yet peeped through the keyhole that is commercial semiotics, there is a biannual conference that features the state-of-the-art of the industry. Commercial semiotics since its relatively recent inception has...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Feb 20, 2026 | animals, Biomimicry, Biophilia, Biosemiotics, deep ecology, Interspecies Communication, philosophy of science
I was recently asked by a colleague the question: Why is fun, fun? As David Graeber suggests in ‘What’s the point if we can’t have fun?’ what Jared Diamond gets wrong in his book Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality is that there doesn’t...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Nov 24, 2025 | animals, Biophilia, Biosemiotics, Climate Change, conservation, Decolonization, deep ecology, Environmental Political Theory, Naturverlassenheit, parasitism, philosophy of science, Semiocide
Introduction: The Paradox of Fear and Death in Contemporary Japan In 2023, Japan witnessed an unprecedented 219 bear attacks, resulting in six human fatalities. The media response was immediate and visceral—front-page stories, emergency government meetings, and calls...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jun 22, 2025 | Biophilia, Biosemiotics, Plants
I would argue that, although I am a so-called plant philosopher, that actually this domain is the easiest starting point for understanding from a generalist’s perspective what constitutes a beautiful, intact, harmonious ecology. For example, entomology is much...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jul 25, 2024 | beyond idealism, Biosemiotics, Climate Change, Conferences, conservation, Discursive Gap, Naturverlassenheit
On July 25-27, 2024 I will be speaking at a workshop at my alma mater in Kiel, Germany, on Blasen, Umwelten und Umgebung: Biodiversität und Porosität im Sinne von Peter Sloterdijk, Helmuth Plessner und Jakob von Uexküll The workshop on “Konzepte und Narrativeder...
