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Roland Barthes

French critic

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Jean Baudrillard

French author and philosopher

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Italian author and literary critic

Kristeva, Julia

Julia Kristeva

French author

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Susanne K. Langer

American philosopher and educator