Mythologies

Roland; Lavers A. (trans.) Barthes

ISBN 10: 022400610X / ISBN 13: 9780224006101

Published by Jonathan Cape January 1972, 1972

8vo in grey boards, gilt spine title. Binding tight and square, no rubbing. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, and has a few very small stains at the top of the front panel. The front free endpaper bears the signature of noted clinical psychologits Robert Roth. Seller Inventory # 243011

Synopsis:

What is astrology? Fiction for the bourgeoisie. The Tour de France? An epic. The brain of Einstein? Knowledge reduced to a formula. Like iconic images of movie stars or the rhetoric of politicians, they are fabricated. Once isolated from the events that gave birth to them, these "mythologies" appear for what they are: the ideology of mass culture. When Roland Barthes's groundbreaking "Mythologies "first appeared in English in 1972, it was immediately recognized as one of the most significant works in French theory--yet nearly half of the essays from the original work were missing. This new edition of "Mythologies "is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic. It includes the brilliant "Astrology," never published in English before. "Mythologies "is a lesson in clairvoyance. In a new century where the virtual dominates social interactions and advertisement defines popular culture, it is more relevant than ever.

Review: "[Mythologies] illustrates the beautiful generosity of Barthes's progressive interest in the meaning (his word is signification) of practically everything around him." ---Edward W. Said

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mythologies
Publisher: Jonathan Cape January 1972
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good