Sade/Fourier/Loyola
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In Sade/Fourier/Loyola, eminent literary theorist Roland Barthes offers a fascinating treatise on the nature of philosophical creation. Barthes examines the parallel impulses of Loyola, the Jesuit saint, Sade, the renowned and sometimes pornographic libertine philosopher, and Fourier, the utopian theorist. All three, he makes clear, have been founders of languages--Loyola, the language of divine address; Sade, the language of erotic freedom; and Fourier,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801855268
ISBN13:9780801855269
Release Date:February 1997
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:184 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.3"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Wonderful! The best, most readable book I have read by Barthes, and the best work I have read on Sade. Full of humor and insight with lots of savory biographical tidbits. The startlingly *natural* juxtaposition of Loyola, Fourier and Sade is cool and casual, not at all forced, and all the more remarkable for that. I read this in one sitting. You should too.
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