"Beating Trump: Barthes, Wrestling, & Myth Today" Then & Now (16.08.2019)
Roland Barthes, born in 1915 and died in 1980, was a French literary theorist and philosopher famous for his understanding of how myths operated.
The 1957 book Mythologies is a collection of Barthes analysis of French culture in the postwar period. The short articles examine topics as diverse the militarisation of toys, the romans in the films, detergent adverts, how drinking wine makes you French, Einstein’s brain, and the World of Wrestling.
Trump spent time appearing in the WWE. How does Barthes analysis of Wrestling and Myth help us understand how Trump approaches rhetoric? Can Barthes help beat Trump in the 2020 elections?
https://youtu.be/1LmxXvi8yYcRoland Barthes in the Ring | Roland Barthes Mythologies in Practice
https://youtu.be/U0LGL9HhdWQRoland Barthes: Semiotics and Mythologies
https://youtu.be/EVvhgVeMzzo-
Dear Antonioni... from a letter by Roland Barthes (1997)
Portrait of Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni. In 1980 the great French philosopher and author Roland Barthes wrote an open letter to Antonioni. It is an appraisal of Antonioni’s place as an artist in the world. Barthes was a revolutionary thinker who, like Antonioni went beyond conventional modes of analysis. "Dear Antonioni" is linked by that letter, examines the life and work of one of the true masters of the cinema — with contributions and readings from Monica Vitti, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, David Hemmings, Furio Columbo, Alain Cuny, Christine Boissot, Carlo di Palma and Maria Schneider.
BBC "Arena" documentary. Original airdate: January 18, 1997.
https://youtu.be/5NqhSXhlmlw-
"Journée Roland Barthes. Impulsvortrag von Jürgen Paul Schwindt" (19.07.2016)
Mythologies. Podiumsdiskussion zur Journée Roland Barthes am 12. Februar 2016 in der Neuen Universität der Universität Heidelberg.
Mit: Eva Geulen, Melanie Möller, Gerhard Poppenberg und Barbara Vinken. Moderation: Jürgen Paul Schwindt (Klassische Philologie - Latinistik, SFB 933 „Materiale Textkulturen“, TP C03 „Zeitformen, Raumformen“)
https://youtu.be/G329swcx0iwJournée Roland Barthes. Impulsvortrag von Barbara Vinken (19.07.2016)
https://youtu.be/O3J4mp1JA0AJournée Roland Barthes. Podiumsdiskussion
Mythologies. Podiumsdiskussion zur Journée Roland Barthes am 12. Februar 2016 in der Neuen Universität der Universität Heidelberg.
Mit: Eva Geulen, Melanie Möller, Gerhard Poppenberg und Barbara Vinken. Moderation: Jürgen Paul Schwindt (Klassische Philologie - Latinistik, SFB 933 „Materiale Textkulturen“, TP C03 „Zeitformen, Raumformen“) ...
https://youtu.be/tRXGwRNJ1wQ