Mythologies
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"No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis," Roland Barthes wrote in his preface to Mythologies. There is no more proper instrument of analysis of our contemporary myths than this bookone of the most significant works in French theory, and one that has transformed the way readers and philosophers view the world around them.
Our age is a triumph of codification. We own devices that bring the world to the command of our fingertips. We have access to boundless information and prodigious quantities of stuff. We decide to like or not, to believe or not, to buy or not. We pick and choose. We think we are free. Yet all around us, in pop culture, politics, mainstream media, and advertising, there are codes and symbols that govern our choices. They are the fabrications of consumer society. They express myths of success, well-being, or happiness. As Barthes sees it, these myths must be carefully deciphered, and debunked.
What Barthes discerned in mass media, the fashion of plastic, and the politics of postcolonial France applies with equal force to today's social networks, the iPhone, and the images of 9/11. This new edition of Mythologies, complete and beautifully rendered by the Pulitzer Prizewinning poet, critic, and translator Richard Howard, is a consecration of Barthes's classica lesson in clairvoyance that is more relevant now than ever.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 maart 2013
Aantal pagina's: 274
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Roland Barthes
Tweede Auteur: Roland Barthes
Co Auteur: Annie Barrows
Hoofduitgeverij: Hill & Wang Pub
Eerste Vertaler: Annette Lavers
Tweede Vertaler: Richard Howard
Editie: 2
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 21 mm
Product lengte: 210 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 139 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm
Verpakking lengte: 207 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 527 g
EAN: 9780809071944