Del deporte y los hombres

by Roland Barthes

Las mitologías inéditas de Barthes. Una película, Le Sport et les hommes. Un intercambio que ilumina la obra de Roland Barthes, y en dónde se analiza el deporte como espectáculo. «El deporte, este combate que en realidad es una competición y no un conflicto. Es decir, un lugar en el que el hombre no sólo se enfrenta al hombre, sino a la resistencia de las cosas.»

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Theory

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Roland Barthes of France applied semiology, the study of signs and symbols, to literary and social criticism.

Ideas of Roland Gérard Barthes, a theorist, philosopher, and linguist, explored a diverse range of fields. He influenced the development of schools of theory, including design, anthropology, and poststructuralism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_...

Reviews

[Davidfdz · Rating 5 out of 5]

MAGNIFICENT.

[Michelle Marre · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Yancarlo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The transcript of the narration given during Hubert Aquin's documentary which illuminates the different herculean tasks (the last of which is the opponent in any given sport) that each athlete must overcome in the practice of their sport, and the function that sport has for the spectator and on a larger scale the significance it has for society. Quick, illuminating, and entirely readable in a sitting.

[Joaquín Vidal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pequeña joyita de Barthes y su relación desconocida con el deporte. Es una comparación del deporte, las artes y el teatro. Muy recomendable.

[Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a strange and quite marvellous little book. In Mythologies, Barthes has two widely read and cited assays about sport – the Tour de France and Wrestling. This short book continues the theme in the form of a film script from the early 1960s for a Canadian documentary. It is richly written (as expected from Barthes) and is poetic – it merits several revists in its evocations of motor racing, bull fighting, football (soccer), ice hockey, and cycling. Beautiful, and a reminder in a world where sports practice is increasingly instrumentalised and commodified that for many participants, it is all about the poetics of movement, action, and pleasure. Now, if only I can find the film.

[Lauringui · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cortito al pie. Es casi coleccionable lo que dice Rolando de cada deporte, es esa mirada sociológica con frases tan ricas que dan para analizarlas y analizarlas en loop infinito. Enriquecida con algunas imágenes que ilustran el objetivo de documental que filmó el colega que lo invitó a escribir estos comentarios, lo textos de Barthes se entrelazan perfectos en un guión que incluso podría ser retomado ahora. Es el hombre contra la naturaleza y el hombre contra el tiempo: las luchas eternas que se reviven en cada espectáculo deportivo como los citados en el libro.

[Salvatore · Rating 3 out of 5]

It would be better to hear these words with the images they're attached to, I'd imagine. How we subscribe myth to athletics (and how this is different than the myth around theatre). Stopping in car racing is DEATH!

[Nativeabuse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting book, basically Barthes doing his signature analysis, only on various sports.

[Devon Chodzin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting essay/spoken piece with a similarly interesting history. A decent primer on earlier philosophies of sport. Plus, Barthes.