✨ Featured Offer
Overview
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.
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.
| ISBN-13 | 9780224006101 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 022400610X |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English; French |
| Pages | 158 pages |
| Publisher | Random House UK |
| Published On | 1972-01-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Used, Very Good
Seller details
Southampton Sag Harbor Books
Southampton, NY, USA
First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Jonathan Cape, 1972. Octavo. H...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Dunaway Books
Saint Louis, MO, USA
8vo in grey boards, gilt spine title. Binding tight and square, no rubbing. The dustjacket is not ...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026