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1、BookreviewscludeswithRobbe-GrilletsimaginedfutureforBarthes,hadhenotbeenkilled15yearsearlier,inwhichBarthesbeginsworkonhislong-awaitednovel,areworkingofGoethesTheSorrowsofYoungWerthersetin19th-centuryBrazil.ThefinaltextinthebookisaverybrieflistoflikesanddislikeswrittenbyRobbe-G
2、rilletintheaftermathofBarthesdeathandwithhisgreatfriendinmind.Robbe-Grillettellsusthatslipperythinkersareattheirmosteffectivewhentheyaddresssolid,reassuringobjectsinordertounderminetheirsolidityandsettheminmotion;slipperythinkersarenotgoodatcomingtogripswithotherslipperythings
3、likewrestlingjellyfish.Whatthisvolumerepresents,however,isanexampleofjustthis.Robbe-GrilletsfondnessforpullingtheepistemologicalrugfromunderhisreadersisattestedbynovelslikeRepeti-tion,andslippageisapparent(andacknowledged)fromearlyoninthisbook.Indeed,perhapsinevitably,thisisabo
4、okthatembodiesmanyofthecharac-teristicsofBartheswork.Presentingitssubjectfromnumerousangles,some-timesself-contradictorybutalwaysengagingandstimulating,itoffersaconvincingargumentforcontinuingattentionandaffectionforRolandBarthesthewriterwhohadoncedeclared(onelastirony)thedeat
5、hoftheauthor(Barthes,1977).UniversityofWarwickNeilBaxterReferencesBarthes,R.,(1977),TheDeathoftheAuthor,London:Fontana.Barthes,R.,(2002),ALover’sDiscourse:Fragments,London:Vintage.Culler,J.,(2003),Barthes:AVeryShortIntroduction,Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.FaithandMoney:HowRel
6、igionContributestoWealthandPovertyLisaA.Keister,CambridgeUniversityPress,Cambridge,2011,£60.00(hbk),254pp.ItisdifficulttoreadFaithandMoneywithoutthinkingaboutMaxWeber,especiallyhisthree-monthsojournintheUnitedStatesin1904afterwhichhepublishedthetwoessaysthatmakeupTheProtestantE
7、thicandtheSpiritofCapitalism(2002[1905]).Asweknow,theProtestantEthicthesiswaspartofamuchlargerproject,namelytheeconomicethicsoftheworldreligions.Intheopeningsectionsofhisfamousstudy,Webernotedthattherelation-shipbetweenProtestantismandindustrialcapitalismwaswellknownandrecogni
8、zedbyMartinOffenbachersKonfessionundsozialeSchichtung(1900)wh
