{"product_id":"the-scandal-of-marxism-and-other-writings-on-politics-paperback","title":"The 'Scandal' of Marxism and Other Writings on Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoland Barthes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available together in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Roland Barthes was a restless, protean thinker. A constant innovator--often as a daring smuggler of ideas from one discipline to another--he first gained an audience with his pithy essays on mass culture and then went on to produce some of the most suggestive and stimulating cultural criticism of the late twentieth century, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Signs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure of the Text\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1976, this one-time structuralist outsider was elected to a chair at France's preeminent Collège de France, where he chose to style himself as a professor of literary semiology until his death in 1980. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The greater part of Barthes's published writings has been available to a French audience since 2002, but now, translator Chris Turner presents a collection of essays, interviews, prefaces, book reviews, and other journalistic material for the first time in English and divided into five themed volumes. Volume two, \u003ci\u003eThe \"Scandal\" of Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e, contains a wide range of his more overtly political writings, with an emphasis on his early work and the serious national turbulence in the French 1950s.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoland Barthes\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-80) was a professor at the Collège de France until his death. His books include \u003ci\u003eCamera Lucida: Reflections on Photography\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eImage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMusic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eText\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Discourse: Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator who lives in Birmingham, England. He has translated Jean-Paul Sartre's \u003ci\u003eThe Aftermath of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortraits, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCritical Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and André Gorz's \u003ci\u003eEcologica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Immaterial, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by Seagull Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.87 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765390475552,"sku":"9781803092775","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d264663da5ec751634f57e8f8ed51e50.webp?v=1780268159","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-scandal-of-marxism-and-other-writings-on-politics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}