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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348230803321

Autore

Sjoholm Cecilia

Titolo

Kristeva and the political / / ecilia Sjoholm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-61302-4

9786610243815

1-134-61303-2

1-280-24381-3

0-203-32695-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Thinking the political

Classificazione

08.25

Disciplina

194

320/.092

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A revolution between pleasure and sacrifice -- A theorist aesthetics -- Love and the question of identity : from recognition to Einfühlung -- Body politics : pleasure, abjection, contamination -- Revolutions of our time : revolt as return.

Sommario/riassunto

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, connecting her to recent developments in literary theory, political theory, and cultural studies. In particular it shows how Kristeva's account of the unconscious and psychoanalysis generally, wide