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Kristeva, Psychoanalysis and Culture (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy)

Sylvie Gambaudo · 2007

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"Examining Julia Kristeva's contention that contemporary Western society is witnessing a crisis of subjectivity due to the failure of the paternal function, Gambaudo places Kristeva's thesis within the context of Freudian psychoanalytic thought and shows how Kristeva defends her position against a cultural climate privileging scientific and cognitive answers to aesthetic concerns." "Gambaudo argues that while Kristeva's position might be construed as defensive and a reactive clinging on to paternal modes of organisation of subjectivity, it also offers an analysis of subjectivity that rescues the paternal project from its decline. Eschewing a traditional emphasis on Kristeva's feminism, this book's primary interest is located at the intersection between psychoanalysis and culture, specifically analysing the superseding of Oedipus by narcissistic organisation."--BOOK JACKET.

Book details

Year
2007
Language
English
Publisher
Ashgate Pub Co
Editions
1
Pages
204
ISBN
9780754655619

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