Julia Kristeva Books

First published in 1998, this collection brings together key articles by prominent feminist thinkers, providing a sophisticated exploration of theoretical topics central to feminist social thought. It highlights significant concerns in contemporary feminist scholarship and the advancements made by feminist philosophers. The editor's introduction offers alternative pathways through the text, enabling instructors to tailor the reader to their specific courses and student interests. Each article includes a brief introduction that contextualizes it, emphasizing the main issues and conclusions, which aids students in navigating challenging theoretical concepts. Organized around seven topics—constructions of gender; theorizing diversity; figurations of women; subjectivity, agency, and feminist critique; social identity, solidarity, and political engagement; care and its critics; and women, equality, and justice—this collection represents a broad spectrum of feminist thinking. Students will engage with critical questions, including how gender norms are instilled and perpetuated, the relationships between gender and other social positions like race and class, the resources available for recognizing and resisting subordination, the goals of feminist politics, and the reconciliation of social and legal equality with difference.

Tracing artists' increasing use of their bodies as subject and actual material of their artworks, this title charts the rise of new forms of expression such as Body Art, Happenings, Performance and Live Art.

Focusing on Marcel Proust's work, Julia Kristeva's exploration delves into the intricate relationship between literature, time, and sensory experience. This reassessment not only offers insights into Proust's narrative but also reflects on the broader implications of how literature engages with our perception of time and sensory awareness. Through this lens, Kristeva invites readers to reconsider the profound impact of literary experiences on our understanding of existence.

A gem of a personal exploration by Julia Kristeva, examining contemporary issues such as European identity, the role of religion in political life, and the meaning of equality for women.

In Black Sun, Julia Kristeva addresses the subject of melancholia, examining this phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion, and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. She describes the depressive as one who perceives the sense of self as a crucial pursuit and a nearly unattainable goal and explains how the love of a lost identity of attachment lies at the very core of depression's dark heart.In her discussion she analyzes Holbein's controversial 1522 painting "The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb," and has revealing comments on the works of Marguerite Duras, Dostoyevsky and Nerval. Black Sun takes the view that depression is a discourse with a language to be learned, rather than just strictly a pathology to be treated.

Julia Kristeva has been both attracted and repelled by Dostoyevsky since her youth. In this extraordinary book, by turns poetic and intensely personal, she brings her unique critical sensibility to bear on the tormented and visionary Russian author.

Julia Kristeva offers an extensive and profound consideration of the nature of abjection. Drawing on Freud and Lacan, she analyzes the nature of attitudes toward repulsive subjects and examines the function of these topics in the writings of Celine, Proust, Joyce, and other authors.

Julia Kristeva explicates her foundational distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic and explores their interrelationships. Linking the psychosomatic to the literary and the literary to a larger political horizon, she questions the premises of linguistic, psychoanalytic, philosophical, and literary theories.

Exploring the intricate relationships between love, desire, and self, Julia Kristeva delves into the dialogues of Greek, Christian, Roman, and modern perspectives. By adopting the roles of psychoanalyst, scholar, and postmodern critic, she reveals both the conflicts and shared themes across these diverse discourses, offering a profound analysis of how these concepts have evolved and intersected throughout history.

Julia Kristeva turns her famed critical eye to a study of the human head as symbol and metaphor, as religious object and physical fact, further developing a critical theme in her work--the power of horror--and expanding the potential for the face to provide an experience of the sacred. Kristeva's study stretches far back in time to 6,000 B.C.E. with humans' early decoration and worship of skulls, and follows with an examination of the Medusa myth; the mandylion of Laon (a holy relic in which the face of a saint appears on a piece of cloth); the biblical stories of John the Baptist and Salome; tales of the guillotine; modern murder mysteries; and the rhetoric surrounding the fight for and against capital punishment. Drawing numerous connections between these "capital visions" and their experience, Kristeva affirms the possibility of the sacred, even in an era of "faceless" interaction.

Kristeva explores the philosophical aspects of Hannah Arendt's work: her understanding of such concepts as language, self, body, political space, and life.

In this major study, the author addresses the need for new psychoanalytical models to cope with a moral crisis of values: a crisis resulting from a breakdown of values, a loss of ideology and deteriorating beliefs. She offers ways of coping with new maladies manifested in modern patients.

Julia Kristeva extends the definition of revolt beyond politics per se.

In her first biography of a fellow psychoanalyst, the prolific Kristeva considers Klein's life and intellectual development, weaving a narrative that covers the history of psychoanalysis and illuminates Kristeva's own life and work.

In the vein of A. S. Byatt's Possession, a scholar immerses herself in a quest to reconstruct the life of an ecstatic saint, turning a past world into a modern marvel.

This book is concerned with the notion of the stranger—the foreigner, outsider, or alien in a country and society not their own—as well as the notion of strangeness within the self, a person’s deep sense of being, as distinct from outside appearance and their conscious idea of self.

Exploring the deep connection between faith and the human psyche, Julia Kristeva delves into the historical and societal factors that drive this inner compulsion. Her analysis challenges readers to consider the fundamental role of belief in shaping individual identity and collective experience, offering a thought-provoking perspective on the interplay between psychology and culture.

Julia Kristeva embarks on a wide-ranging and stimulating inquiry into Dostoyevsky's work and the profound ways it has influenced her own thinking. Reading across his major novels and shorter works, Kristeva offers incandescent insights into the potent themes that draw her back to the Russian master.

Tells a suspenseful tale of perversity and loss. This book features an engrossing and sophisticated thriller that closely observes the mores, obsessions, and excesses of two temporally distinct yet surprisingly intimate worlds.

Focusing on the evolution and emergence of linguistics, Julia Kristeva offers a comprehensive introduction that explores its development over time. The book delves into the key concepts and milestones in the field, providing readers with insights into the complexities of language and its significance in various contexts. Through her analysis, Kristeva highlights the interplay between language, culture, and thought, making it a valuable resource for those interested in understanding the foundations of linguistic theory.

Exploring the evolution of rebel culture, the book delves into the lives and works of three influential twentieth-century writers: existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, surrealist Louis Aragon, and theorist Roland Barthes. Julia Kristeva examines their contributions, highlighting both the progress they made and the challenges they faced in shaping modern thought and culture. Through their experiences, the text provides insights into the complexities of artistic and intellectual rebellion.

Exploring the theme of severed heads in art, this book delves into their representations from the Paleolithic era to modern times. Drawing insights from a thought-provoking exhibition at the Louvre, the author examines the cultural and historical significance of these depictions, offering a unique perspective on how they reflect societal values and artistic expression throughout history.

The book delves into the personal rebellions of three influential modern writers: Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes, exploring how each articulates their dissent against societal norms. It also presents Julia Kristeva's insights on the evolution of rebellion, offering a forward-looking perspective on the concept. Through this examination, the text provides a critical analysis of literary rebellion and its implications for contemporary thought.

Exploring complex themes such as language, abjection, and female sexuality, the author delves into the intricacies of love and forgiveness. Through a nuanced analysis, the work redefines and expands upon these concepts, offering fresh insights into their interconnections and implications in human relationships.

Recent essays by Julia Kristeva reveal her extensive intellect and stylistic prowess, addressing contemporary challenges with depth and insight. This collection illustrates her significant contributions to current discourse, showcasing her ability to engage with complex ideas and themes relevant to today's society.

Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation into the semiotics of literature and the arts. Julia Kristeva proposes and tests theories centered on the nature and development of the novel.

Book by Jean Baudrillard, Hans-Goerg Gadamer, Fredric Jameson, Julia Kristeva, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Louis Marin, Mario Perniola, Cornel West, Philippe Sollers, Paul Virilio

Sebastian Chrest-Jones, historien des migrations à Santa Barbara, disparaît mystérieusement de son domicile et de son laboratoire ... Un roman composé de plusieurs histoires : une intrigue policière, le destin controversé des migrants, la douleur des étrangers, les guerres, des clins d'oeil sur l'actualité mondiale et parisienne, le terrorisme, une Europe inconnue, la religion et la politique

Francuska literatura eksploruje szaloną miłość, filozofię, politykę i moralność, przekształcając się w różnorodne formy, od Bretona i Aragona po Sartre'a i Camusa. Blanchot, zwracając uwagę na Prousta, koncentruje się na implozji pustki, która poszerza sferę Czasu odnalezionego, jednak jego przenikliwość pomija brutalność zła, będącego samotnym rewersem niestałości Bytu. Dwa podziwiające Prousta postacie, Mauriac i Bataille, różnią się w swoich interpretacjach: jeden jest katolickim moralistą, drugi badaczem mistycyzmu. Walter Benjamin zastanawia się nad szczęściem tych odmiennych materii. Proustowskie doświadczenie zmysłowe, choć sztuczne i bluźniercze, wciąż umyka. Deleuze analizuje homoseksualizm w kontekście Freuda, odróżniając różne jego formy i wskazując na społeczne odrzucenie homoseksualistów, które kształtuje ich poczucie winy. Proust łączy homoseksualizm z Żydostwem jako ofiarami nietolerancji. Narrator dodaje do tego opis psychotycznej mocy transseksualizmu, sugerując, że wszyscy jesteśmy hermafrodytycznymi istotami. Postacie, takie jak baron Charlus, ukazują symptomy szaleństwa, a ich zachowania są pełne intensywnych emocji i wewnętrznej dynamiki, co prowadzi do odkrycia niebezpiecznej, rozregulowanej energii.

Entre 1968 et 1990, une aventure se déroule en France, marquée par une intense effervescence intellectuelle et corporelle. Les personnages principaux, issus de cette période, sont liés par des passions excessives et un goût du risque. Olga, originaire d'un pays de l'Est, fait la rencontre de l'écrivain Hervé Sinteuil à Paris, ainsi que de sa famille, Mathilde et Jean de Montlaur. Leur histoire d'amour, unique en son genre, est ponctuée de surprises, d'une île secrète et des joies d'une naissance. Martin, anthropologue et homme de plaisir, réalise que l'État est un mal et, après Mai 68, se révolte définitivement, accompagné de Carole, fidèle mais blessée par le reflux des idées et la dépression. Alors que ces hommes et femmes, représentant une génération, vivent des expériences variées à travers le monde, leur destin croise celui de penseurs et écrivains de l'époque. Les thèmes de l'érotisme, des femmes, du langage, des prisons et de la folie deviennent des personnages vivants. Joëlle Cabarus, psychanalyste détachée et ironique, tient un journal où elle observe ces vies avec une sympathie désabusée. Ces "Samouraïs" modernes, qu'ils soient comiques ou intenses, explorent le sens de la vie, poussés parfois à l'erreur, à la violence ou à la mort, dans une société dépourvue de sacré.

Julia Kristeva pertence ao grupo da mais nova e atuante crítica francesa. Com Introdução à Semanálise a autora reavalia os estudos contemporâneos enfeixados sob o rótulo de Semiótica, impondo-lhes nova direção. Seu pensamento acha-se marcado pela obra de L. Althusser, assim como indica leitura de Greimas, Lacan, Lévi-Strauss, entre outros. A autora busca na Semiótica as perguntas fundamentais ligadas ao texto: Quais são as leis de seu funcionamento? Qual é o ligar desse objeto específico dentre a multiplicidade das práticas significantes? Título de extrema importância não só porque resume as últimas conquistas na análise da significação como porque se constitui em uma bem sucedida tentativa teórica de ultrapassar o não-historicismo da pesquisa estrutural.

Philippe Sollers : «Je n'ai jamais songé à me marier. Sauf une fois. Et une fois pour toutes. Cette aventure singulière, et très passionnée, méritait, je crois, d'être racontée en détail.» Julia Kristeva : «Nous sommes un couple formé de deux étrangers. Notre différence nationale souligne encore mieux une évidence qu'on se dissimule souvent : l'homme et la femme sont des étrangers l'un à l'autre. Or le couple qui assume la liberté de ces deux étrangers peut devenir un véritable champ de bataille. D'où la nécessité d'harmoniser. La fidélité est une sorte d'harmonisation de l'étrangeté. Si vous permettez que l'autre soit aussi étranger que vous-même, l'harmonie revient. Les «couacs» se transforment alors en éléments de la symphonie.» Du mariage considéré comme un des beaux-arts rassemble quatre dialogues (échelonnés de 1990 à 2014) entre Julia Kristeva et Philippe Sollers, à travers lesquels ils nous transmettent leur expérience d'écrivains et d'intellectuels engagés au regard de la rencontre amoureuse et du couple.

Où est le temps, existe-t-il encore ? Je vous propose d'ouvrir la question du TEMPS. Jamais le temps n'a été aussi compact, uniformisé, fermé comme il l'est désormais à la surface globalisée de l'hyperconnexion. Mais jamais non plus il n'a été aussi ouvert et multiple : incessant battement d'avènements, amorces, émergences, éclosions perpétuelles. Je retrouve ici des expériences singulières : dans l'érotisme maternel et dans celui de la foi religieuse, j'ose parier sur la culture européenne et sur l'humanisme à refonder, je découvre un destin de la psychanalyse en terre d'Islam et en Chine. Je n'ai pas de réponses toutes faites et n'en donne pas une fois pour toutes. Je déplie des vérités hic et nunc telles que je les vis et les pense. Je vous présente mes compagnons de route : Antigone et Philippe Sollers, Jean-Jacques Rousseau et Jacques Lacan, Jackson Pollock et Emile Benveniste ; Simone de Beauvoir et Thérèse d'Avila. Un livre sur la Vérité découverte par le Temps ? Plutôt une expérience du temps scandée par des événements, des étonnements, rebonds de surprises et de renaissances.

»Erschaffe dein Denken und erschaffe es stets aufs Neue, indem du mit dem Weiblichen in dir in Berührung bleibst!« Während Freud den Ödipuskomplex und die Rolle des Vaters ins Zentrum des psychischen Lebens rückte, entdeckte Melanie Klein als Mutter-Psychoanalytikerin die »Mutter« inmitten des seelischen Lebens des Subjekts. Damit gelang ihr die Vertiefung der Psychoanalyse, die die Psychose, die Objektbeziehungen und das Verstehen »vorsprachlicher« Mitteilungen nicht nur in der Kinderanalyse betraf. Kristeva erzählt anschaulich und ausführlich Melanie Kleins Fallgeschichten nach. Weiterhin stellt die Autorin die theoretischen Entwicklungen Melanie Kleins und deren Einfluss auf die Psychoanalyse dar. Bei dem vorliegenden Buch handelt es sich um die deutsche Erstausgabe der französischen Ausgabe von 2000. Es ist der zweite Band der Reihe »Das weibliche Genie«. Band 1 beschäftigt sich mit Hannah Arendt und Band 3 mit Colette (noch nicht auf Deutsch erschienen).

Konturen des Unentschiedenen (Interventionen Band 6) - Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

Volksaufstände, eine aufgebrachte Jugend, vom Sockel gestürzte Diktatoren, in Blutbädern unterdrückte Hoffnungen und Freiheitswünsche... Sollte die Revolte die digitale Menschheit aus ihrem Traum allseitiger Vernetzung reißen? Doch von welcher Revolte ist hier die Rede? Julia Kristeva geht der Frage nach, was eine Revolte ist - verstanden zugleich als politische Erneuerung, innere Wiedergeburt und ethisches Ideal. Sie gibt dem Denken in der Revolte einen neuen auch und vor allem, wenn diese sich fern vom Lärm der Straße und vom Spektakel vollzieht. Für Kristeva sind wir nur wirklich psychisch am Leben, wenn wir uns die Zeit und den Raum für Revolten einrä um abzubrechen, zu erinnern, neu zu beginnen. Unter anderem die psychoytische Erfahrung, aber auch literarisches Schreiben ermöglichen diese innere Revolution . Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Bernd Schwibs.

Uvedený soubor esejů představuje průřez literárním i vědeckým dílem Julie Kristevy, bulharské migrantky ve Francii, kde vyučuje na univerzitě Paris Diderot. Středobodem jejích vědeckých zájmů je literární věda, lingvistika a psychoanalýza. Do termínu intertextovost autorka přetlumočila bachtinovský dialogismus čili polyfonii – tam, kde sděluje nějaký smysl, je slovo prolínáním textů, na jejichž pozadí vystupuje. Slovo je z principu dialogické, protože je to svého druhu kulturní křižovatka (Slovo, dialog a román), opětovně zařazené do tohoto souboru. Další část esejů je věnována psychoanalýze v otázce biologie, řeči, pudu a imaginace, pojmu cizince a univerzality. Následující eseje nahlíží adolescenci jakožto idealitu, speciálně pojetí Romea a Julie. V závěrečných úvahách se Julia Kristeva zabývá otázkou chápání ženské sexuality v díle Hanah Arendtové, Melanie Kleinové a Colette, které pokládá za symptomatické jevy kultury 20. století – spojuje je mnohé, především snaha zachránit život myšlení, protože myšlení, to je život.

Výbor je sestaven z textů dvou knih. Úvodní kapitola, věnovaná vysvětlení pojmů z textů J. Kristevy, pochází z knihy Revoluce v básnické řeči (La révolution du langage poétique, 1985) a zaměřuje se především na sémiotiku. Následující tři eseje, opírající se o psychoanalýzu, jsou převzaté z knihy Příběhy lásky (Histoires d'amour, 1983). Reflektují problematiku pohlavní diference ve vztahu k primární identifikaci a narcismu, sexualitě a mateřství. Velmi náročný text vyžaduje přijetí specifického poststrukturálního jazyka, příznačného pro příslušníky skupiny teoretiků a spisovatelů shromážděných kolem francouzského časopisu Tel Quel, ke kterým Kristeva patří.