Roland Barthes writing the political : history, dialectics, self / by Andrew Stafford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stafford, Andy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barthes, Roland.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2023.

Summary:

A re-reading and a re-purposing for the twenty-first century of the critical theories of France's most important writer of the twentieth century. The volume argues that Barthes's wide-ranging analyses - from Voltaire to Nietzsche, Marx to myth, gay love to Japan - can be applied to debates and controversies in the contemporary world.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter One 'The dialectical logic of Love'

Chapter Two 'Amorous dialectic'

Chapter Three 'The People chorus'

Chapter Four 'Double grasp'

Chapter Five 'Stereographic space'

Chapter Six 'Non-classifiable'

Chapter Seven 'New Dialectic'

Chapter Eight 'Opacity'

Chapter Nine 'Undialectics'

Afterword: Essayism and The Politics of Writing

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 30, 2023).

ISBN:

9781785278983

1785278983

9781785278990

1785278991

OCLC:

1476508976