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Author:

Barthes, Roland.

Title:

How to live together : novelistic simulations of some everyday spaces / Roland Barthes ; translated by Kate Briggs.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xxx, 222 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
Philology.
Literature--History and criticism.

Other Titles:

Comment vivre ensemble: simulations romanesques de quelques espaces quotidiens. English

Notes:

"Notes for a lecture course and seminar at Coll©Łege de France (1976-1977)"-- T.p Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index.

Summary:

"A series of lectures exploring solitude and the degree of contact necessary for individuals to exist and create at their own pace ... a key introduction to Barthess pedagogical methods and critical worldview. In this work, Barthes focuses on the concept of "idiorrhythmy," a productive form of living together in which one recognizes and respects the individual rhythms of the other. He explores this phenomenon through five texts that represent different living spaces and their associated ways of life: ©œmile Zola's Pot-Bouille, set in a Parisian apartment building; Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, which takes place in a sanatorium; Andr©♭ Gide's La S©♭questr©♭e de Poitiers, based on the true story of a woman confined to her bedroom; Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, about a castaway on a remote island; and Pallidius's Lausiac History, detailing the ascetic lives of the desert fathers"--Publisher's website

Series:

European perspectives

ISBN:

023113617X (ebook)
9780231136174 (ebook)
0231136161 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780231136167 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794366412

LCCN:

2012021328

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)