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The Neutral: Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978)
Roland Barthes
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Description for The Neutral: Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978)
Hardback. Centers around 23 "figures," also referred to as "traits" or "twinklings," that are possible embodiments of the Neutral (sleep, silence, tact, etc) or of the anti-Neutral (anger, arrogance, conflict, etc). Translator(s): Kraus, Rosalind; Hollier, Denis. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 718.
"I define the Neutral as that which outplays the paradigm, or rather I call Neutral everything that baffles paradigm." With these words, Roland Barthes describes a concept that profoundly shaped his work and was the subject of a landmark series of lectures delivered in 1978 at the College de France, just two years before his death. Not published in France until 2002, and appearing in English for the first time, these creative and engaging lectures deepen our understanding of Roland Barthes's intellectual itinerary and reveal his distinctive style as thinker and teacher. The Neutral (le neutre), as Barthes describes it, ... Read more
"I define the Neutral as that which outplays the paradigm, or rather I call Neutral everything that baffles paradigm." With these words, Roland Barthes describes a concept that profoundly shaped his work and was the subject of a landmark series of lectures delivered in 1978 at the College de France, just two years before his death. Not published in France until 2002, and appearing in English for the first time, these creative and engaging lectures deepen our understanding of Roland Barthes's intellectual itinerary and reveal his distinctive style as thinker and teacher. The Neutral (le neutre), as Barthes describes it, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231134040
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V9780231134040
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About Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes was one of the most influential critics and philosophers of the twentieth century. His works include Mythologies, S/Z, A Lover's Discourse, and Camera Lucida. Rosalind Krauss is University Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia University. She is the author of The Optical Unconscious, Formless: A User's Guide, The Picasso Papers, and Bachelors, among other works. ... Read more
Reviews for The Neutral: Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978)
Insightful comments on topics from negative theology to Thomas De Quincy's drug use. Library Journal His thinking in The Neutral, had never been so mournful, so ample, so warm, so unembarrassed, so alive.
Wayne Koestenbaum Artforum Remarkable for the combination of intensely personal and idiosyncratic preoccupations with immensely wide literary and philosophical reference points.Times Literary Supplement
Michael Sheringham ... Read more
Wayne Koestenbaum Artforum Remarkable for the combination of intensely personal and idiosyncratic preoccupations with immensely wide literary and philosophical reference points.Times Literary Supplement
Michael Sheringham ... Read more