From: 25bb1972-AT-interserve.com.hk Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:42:33 +0800 Subject: Re: Seduction -Replies Hi and thanks for the comments along the Barthes / Baud. line. I agree that most 'political' points about Barthes were made by people who wanted him to be political for their own reasons. Text as pure event I think is a crucial idea in his work (maybe from 'From Work to Text' on..) But the major comparison level is the idea of the text as something which takes us over as much as we change it through our ideas. The response of the reader is not only the reader it is also the response of the text... (maybe) Also I was thinking of a form thing - the lay out, fragmentary, almost diary-like form of RB by RB / Cool Memories seem very very similar. Why do extremely erudite philosophers feel the bneed to turn 'confessional' almost in this way? Does anyone see a distinction between Baud. as philosopher and as writer (in a Barthesian sense). Must go as I'm just about to start "The Gulf War did not Take Place' collection of 3 essays. Cheers, Rebekah
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