The Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt
The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis
Julia Kristeva author Jeanine Herman translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Publishing:21st Jan '25
£17.99
This title is due to be published on 21st January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Freud and psychoanalysis taught us that rebellion is what guarantees our independence and our creative abilities. But in the contemporary "entertainment" culture, is rebellion still a viable option? Is it still possible to build and embrace a counterculture? For whom—and against what?
Julia Kristeva illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three twentieth-century writers: the existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, the surrealist Louis Aragon, and the theorist Roland Barthes. These figures, according to Kristeva, took part in a revolution against accepted notions of identity—of one’s relation to others. She places their accomplishments in the context of other revolutionary movements in art, literature, and politics, also offering an illuminating discussion of Freud’s groundbreaking work on rebellion.
Kristeva is a figure of far-reaching eloquence. * Washington Post *
A fascinating and provocative diagnosis. * The Comparatist *
A remarkably lucid, eloquent, lethal critique of the linguistification of French psychoanalysis. * History of the Human Sciences *
ISBN: 9780231216746
Dimensions: unknown
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320 pages