You know exactly what I said before on this subject, why ask the question again?. Language is language, so if you believe Barthes' death of the...
I don't think he's disputing that it's been interpreted in many ways. I think he's just saying that some of those interpretations are wrong.
What I see is a list of assumptions with no obvious point built upon them.
Um. It's pretty much indisputable fact that people did write the Bible; whether they were inspired by God or heatstroke is more of a bone of...
I think that covers most things that aren't religion as well.
Um... you don't seriously think I was talking about witches and gays, right? It's fairly unlikely that I would be. I disagree. It at the very...
Lord only knows. I'd agree, it's amazing how threatened groups who are overwhelmingly in the majority can feel about a tiny minority that...
That's not so much planting a seed as dropping a whole forest on someone's face :D It'd be great if we could just say that to guys without fear...
It is pretty amazing how easy it is to make some religious folk feel threatened. It's more surprising here, but in either situation, you'd think...
In my albeit limited experience, atheists are far more guilty of that, and far more likely to deny that they're ever guilty of that, than common...
Essentially, it is irrational to censor one's own actions when there are unlikely to be any negative consequences of those actions. Morality -...
I've been thinking about this for a while now and I still can't figure out what you mean. Good question, potentially. Humans are simply not...
Yeah, Hegelian if anything.
I try not to let boredom impair my focus.
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See, I get the feeling that a lot of guys just don't think about it until someone puts the idea in their mind.
I think Barthes' point is that the author doesn't get to get all butthurt if a text is misinterpreted as a result of him not being specific...
I do understand what you're saying. I'll be honest: the theory is primarily aimed at works of literature. I would imagine that, from a...
Oh, I know. Although let's remember that it's a statue of a male, rather than a male statue. I just love that a statue crying tears of blood...
That's actually fantastic. Everything about it is incredible. I mean, let's start with: I mean, I love how people don't think, for one second:...
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