TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barthes,Roland
AU  - Clerc,Thomas
AU  - Marty,Eric
TI  - Neutral : lecture course at the College de France (1977-1978) 
SN  - 9780231134057
U1  - 194 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York 
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Difference (Philosophy)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-268) and indexes; Session of February 18, 1978 --; Preliminaries --; Benevolence --; Weariness --; Session of February 25, 1978 --; Weariness (continued) --; Silence --; Tact --; Session of March 4, 1978 --; Supplement I --; Tact (continued) --; Sleep --; Affirmation --; Session of March 11, 1978 --; Supplement II --; Color --; The adjective --; Session of March 18, 1978 --; Supplement III --; Images of the neutral --; Anger --; Session of March 25, 1978 --; Supplement IV --; The active of the neutral --; Ideospheres --; Session of April 1, 1978 --; Supplement V --; Consciousness --; Session of April 29, 1978 --; Answer --; Session of May 6, 1978 --; Rites --; Conflict --; Supplement VI --; Oscillation --; Session of May 13, 1978 --; Supplement VII --; Retreat --; Session of May 20, 1978 --; Arrogance --; Panorama --; Session of May 27, 1978 --; Supplement VIII --; Panorama (continued) --; Kairos --; Wou-wei --; Session of June 3, 1978 --; Wou-wei (continued) --; The androgyne --; Annex --; Intensities --; To give leave --; Fright --; Summary : literary semiology; M. Roland Barthes
N2  - "The Neutral is comprised of the written texts from which Barthes lectured and centers around 23 "figures," also referred to as "traits" or "twinklings," that are possible embodiments of the Neutral (sleep, silence, tact, etc.) or of the anti-Neutral (anger, arrogance, conflict, etc.). His lectures draw on a diverse set of authors and intellectual traditions, including Lao-tzu, Tolstoy, German mysticism, classical philosophy, Rousseau, Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin, and John Cage. Barthes's idiosyncratic approach to his subjects gives the lectures a playful, personal, and even joyous quality that enhances his rich insights." "In addition to his reflections on a variety of literary and scholarly works, Barthes's personal convictions and the events of his life informed the course and content of the lectures. Most prominently, as Barthes admits, the recent death of his mother and the idea of mourning shape several of his lectures."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -