Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Mj Harding - GoodreadsA pretty damned awesome read even if the articles themselves were slightly dated, the essay, On Myth, is as insightful today as it was, I'm sure, when it was first published. I truly appreciated ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Jasmine Ghazinour - GoodreadsThis was a great book. This is not what the cover I received looked like, however (and thank you Goodreads!) This book is a translation and yet very easy to read (as not all translations are). This is a philosophical text with an everyday application. Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Alexander Boland - GoodreadsReally I only paid attention to "Myth Today", which deserves 5 stars. The smaller essays just seemed like a bunch of stuff to me--but a lot of people like them so it could just be me. Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - flannery - GoodreadsI wonder sometimes what it must be like to have been born before the simulacrum became a matter of fact, instead of 1985. What was it like to read Roland Barthes, Umberto Eco, or Guy Debord before ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Eric - GoodreadsThe “mythologies” with which Barthes' book is concerned are, specifically, the mythologies of bourgeois French culture. Such “myths” are, for Barthes a sort of “metalanguage.” Beginning with Saussure ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Jason - GoodreadsOh enjoy the 3 page observations of myth in modern society. Relish how surprisingly difficult they can be to understand, but yet have something marvelous to ponder. Soon you will get to the second ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Dana Contreras - GoodreadsThere are some good pieces in here—the essay on writers on holiday in particular seems like it might have some parallels with the software industry, and the piece on women writers echoes the recent spate of "have it all" arguments. Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Nativeabuse - GoodreadsI love the concept, and I love his other books, but this one just seems to fall flat. If it were not for the fact that most of these essays center around random french things in the 60s I have never ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Bertrand - GoodreadsThis has the reputation of a hard read but don't let it discourage you, aside from the last chapter that delves into semiotics proper the rest is more akin to cultural criticism and very accessible ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Mythologies
Recensione dell'utente - Ardacan - GoodreadsQuite handy book. I was into myths and archetypes from Carl Jung's stuff back in 2010 and found out who the fuck is Joseph Campbell too late. Unlike Campbell's historical retrospective, Barthes argues ... Leggi recensione completa
