Mythologies is a masterpiece of analysis and interpretation. At its
heart, Barthes's collection of essays about the "mythologies" of
modern life treats everyday objects and ideas - from professional
wrestling, to the Tour de France, to Greta Garbo's face - as though
they are silently putting forward arguments. Those arguments are
for modernity itself, the way the world is, from its class
structures, to its ideologies, to its customs. In Barthes's view,
the mythologies of the modern world all tend towards one aim:
making us think that the way things are, the status quo, is how
they should naturally be. For Barthes, this should not be taken for
granted; instead, he suggests, it is a kind of mystification,
preventing us from seeing things differently or believing they
might be otherwise. His analyses do what all good analytical
thinking does: he unpicks the features of the arguments silently
presented by his subjects, reveals their (and our) implicit
assumptions, and shows how they point us towards certain ideas and
conclusions. Indeed, understanding Barthes' methods of analysis
means you might never see the world in the same way again. Six
skills combine to make up our ability to think critically.
Mythologies is an especially fine example of a work that uses the
skills of analysis and creative thinking.
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