The Neutral: Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978) (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism) by Roland Barthes - 2005-06-24

New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover, brown paper boards with silver lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 4to, 280 pp. Very good/Very good jacket. Jacket photography Thomas Hollier.

New York: Columbia U., 2005. 280pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed; light pencilling on a few pages. Endnotes; biblio.; index.. Hb. VG/VG.

Columbia University Press. Used - Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing box or discs. Damaged item.

Columbia University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled boards. First edition thus with full number line. Slight corner wear else tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is lightly edgeworn. ; 1977-1978; 7.16 X 0.94 X 10.48 inches; 280 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Columbia University Press, 2005-07-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New. "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, escapes or undoes the paradigmatic binary oppositions that structure and produce meaning in Western thought and discourse. These binaries are found in all aspects of human society ranging from language to sexuality to politics. For Barthes, the attempt to deconstruct or escape from these binaries has profound ethical, philosophical, and linguistic… Read More

Columbia Univ Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. 312 pages. 10.25x7.25x0.75 inches.