1st Edition

Kristeva and the Political

By Cecilia Sjoholm Copyright 2005
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Julia Kristeva is one of the most influential French thinkers of the twentieth century and is best known for her work in linguistics. Even though her work has been very influential, the political implications of her writings have so far been neglected. Kristeva and the Political is the first book to explore the relation of Kristeva's work to the political and casts new light on her work,... Read more
Preface  Introduction  1. A Revolution Between Pleasure and Sacrifice  2. A Theorist Aesthetics  3. Love and the Question of Identity: From recognition to Einfühlung  4. Body Politics: Pleasure, abjection, contamination  5. Revolutions of Our Time: Revolt as return  Bibliography

Biography

Cecilia Sjoholm