Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 292945Title: Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New TranslationAuthor: Roland BarthesNarrator: John LeeFormat: UnabridgedLength: 09:14:06Language: EnglishRelease date: 03-13-12Publisher: Tantor MediaGenres: Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Social Science, Literary CriticismSummary:What is astrology? Fiction for the bourgeoisie. The Tour de France? Anepic. The brain of Einstein? Knowledge reduced to a formula. Like iconicimages of movie stars or the rhetoric of politicians, they arefabricated. 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 firstappeared in English in 1972, it was immediately recognized as one ofthe most significant works in French theory-yet nearly half of theessays from the original work were missing. This new edition of Mythologies isthe first complete, authoritative English version of the Frenchclassic. It includes the brilliant 'Astrology,' never published inEnglish before.Mythologies isa lesson in clairvoyance. In a new century where the virtual dominatessocial interactions and advertisement defines popular culture, it ismore relevant than ever.Contact: [email protected]

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