The Seventh Function of Language

from ozzer

This is a book about semiotics, the study of signs in society. As Binet puts it: “Man is an interpreting machine and, with a little imagination, he sees signs everywhere.” Binet builds his playful narrative around the proposal that an accident was not just an accident, but actually represented an...

from Lunarreader

This is a book for people who know French politics in the 80's, who have a feeling with language, with the pure narrative of linguistics, the rivalry between the French intellectuals of that period and .... willing to believe that there is a kind of complot to be in power of the "word". The word ...

from jonfaith

What would you do if you ruled the world?" The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: "Even grammar?This is a League of Extraordinary Gentleman for the French Theory set. Each page tumbles with allusions and citations, a whodunit which explores the esoteric and the political...

from P1g5purt

Literary Theory as detective fiction. "Echoes of The Name Of The Rose" and Duluth?

from jonfaith

What would you do if you ruled the world?" The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: "Even grammar?This is a League of Extraordinary Gentleman for the French Theory set. Each page tumbles with allusions and citations, a whodunit which explores the esoteric and the political...