Introducing Barthes brilliantly elucidates Roland Barthes application of semiotics to literature, popular culture, clothes, and fashion, and explains why his thinking in this area made him a key figure in the structuralist movement of the 1960s.
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Introducing Barthes brilliantly elucidates Roland Barthes application of semiotics to literature, popular culture, clothes, and fashion, and...
Jacques Derrida is the most famous philosopher of the late twentieth century. His philosophy is an array of rigorous tactics for destabilizing texts, meanings, and identities. Introducing Derrida introduces and explores his life and work and explains his influence within both philosophy and literature.
Jacques Derrida is the most famous philosopher of the late twentieth century. His philosophy is an array of rigorous tactics for destabilizing text...
One of modern philosophy s most controversial and popular figures, this introduction presents Jean Baudrillard's radical thought, including his work on obesity, pornography, and terrorism, and his evolution from critic of mass consumption to prophet of the apocalypse. It also explores the context and subsequent influence of his writings.
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One of modern philosophy s most controversial and popular figures, this introduction presents Jean Baudrillard's radical thought, including his wor...
Between the end of World War II in 1945 and his death in 1980, Jean-Paul Sartre was the most famous French writer, as well as one of the best-known living philosophers. Introducing Sartre explains the basic ideas inspiring his world view, paying particular attention to his ideas on freedom, literature, Marxism, and inequality.
Between the end of World War II in 1945 and his death in 1980, Jean-Paul Sartre was the most famous French writer, as well as one of the best-known...
