An Undefined Something Else
Barthes, Culture, Neutral Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2353008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Badmington (0000-0001-6552-6618, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 65-76 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276420910493 |
| OpenAlex | W2624446505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
How might Roland Barthes' posthumously published account of the Neutral invite us to rethink the very activity of cultural analysis? How did Barthes the cultural critic change when, towards the end of his career, he described and desired Neutral Life? Cultural criticism has often taken Barthes' early semiological work as a guide, but this essay examines how we might need to reorient ourselves as critics, shift our stance, learn to look and live differently in the light of Barthes' later focus on the Neutral
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Literature · Sociology · French Literature and Poetry · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |