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Empire of Signs by Roland Barthes (1983, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374522073

ISBN-139780374522070

eBay Product ID (ePID)127919

Product Key Features

Book TitleEmpire of Signs

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1983

TopicAsia / Japan, Asian / Japanese, Semiotics & Theory

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, History

AuthorRoland Barthes

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight4.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.9 in

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ReviewsIf Japan did not exist, Barthes would have had to invent it--not that Japan does exist in Empire of Signs , for Barthes is careful to point out that he is not analyzing the real Japan, there is no terrible innerness as in the West, no soul, no God, no fate, no ego, no grandeur, no metaphysics, no 'promotional fever' and finally no meaning . . . For Barthes Japan is a test, a challenge to think the unthinkable, a place where meaning is finally banished. Paradise, indeed, for the great student of signs., "If Japan did not exist, Barthes would have had to invent it--not that Japan does exist in Empire of Signs , for Barthes is careful to point out that he is not analyzing the real Japan, there is no terrible innerness as in the West, no soul, no God, no fate, no ego, no grandeur, no metaphysics, no 'promotional fever' and finally no meaning . . . For Barthes Japan is a test, a challenge to think the unthinkable, a place where meaning is finally banished. Paradise, indeed, for the great student of signs." -- Edmund White, The New York Times Book Review, "If Japan did not exist, Barthes would have had to invent it--not that Japandoesexist inEmpire of Signs, for Barthes is careful to point out that he is not analyzing the real Japan, there is no terribleinnernessas in the West, no soul, no God, no fate, no ego, no grandeur, no metaphysics, no 'promotional fever' and finally no meaning . . . For Barthes Japan is a test, a challenge to think the unthinkable, a place where meaning is finally banished. Paradise, indeed, for the great student of signs." --Edmund White,The New York Times Book Review, "If Japan did not exist, Barthes would have had to invent it--not that Japan does exist in Empire of Signs , for Barthes is careful to point out that he is not analyzing the real Japan, there is no terrible innerness as in the West, no soul, no God, no fate, no ego, no grandeur, no metaphysics, no 'promotional fever' and finally no meaning . . . For Barthes Japan is a test, a challenge to think the unthinkable, a place where meaning is finally banished. Paradise, indeed, for the great student of signs." --Edmund White, The New York Times Book Review

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal952

SynopsisWith this book, Barthes offers a broad-ranging meditation on the culture, society, art, literature, language, and iconography--in short, both the sign-oriented realities and fantasies--of Japan itself.

LC Classification NumberDS821.B31713