Myth deprives the object of which it speaks of all history. In it, history evaporates. — Roland Barthes
Myth deprives the object of which it speaks of all history. In it, history evaporates.
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Statistically, myth is on the right. There, it is essential, well-fed, sleek, expensive, garrulous, it invents itself ceaselessly. It takes hold of everything, all aspects of the law, of morality, of aesthetics, of diplomacy, of household equipment, of Literature, of entertainment.
p. 148
Myth is depoliticized speech.
p. 145

