French philosophy, long time ago, and even longer

In the first entry of this blog I mentioned R.A. Segal's "Myth -- a very short introduction". Among the best known authors of the topic is of course Roland Barthes whose book Mythologies (1957) I came across.

Mythologies is, naturally, an epitome in French popular philosophy. Writing wittily and understandably about topical and surprising subjects like cooking magazines, wine, wrestling and Citroen DS, Barthes reveals the layer of conventions and semiotic fixations behind those everyday items.

Roll forward to 1989. F. Guattari writes his short pamphlet about the new role of ecology in contemporary thinking. I've read it twice now and I'll let you know when I find out what the idea was.