Episode Details

On Roland Barthes' Mythologies.

Alex, George, and contributing editor Catherine Liu delve into Barthes' 1957 classic to understand the form of ideology critique it proposes – and particularly as it relates to left and right.

• If the bourgeoisie generates myth, is revolution a cathartic act that gets us beyond myth?

• Is the direct producer also unable to speak myth, or is this a romanticisation?

• What are predominant left-wing myths today? Is "left vs right" a myth of sorts?

• Is the critic of myths condemned to live a "theoretical sociality"? Should people just be allowed to enjoy things?

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