Passions of Our Time

Passions of Our Time showcases recent essays of Julia Kristeva's that demonstrate the scope of her capacious intellect, her gifts as a stylist, and the profound contribution of her thought to the challenges of the present.

About the author

Julia Kristeva is professor emerita of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII. A renowned psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist, she has written dozens of books spanning semiotics, political theory, literary criticism, gender and sex, and cultural critique, as well as several novels and autobiographical works, published in English translation by Columbia University Press. Kristeva was the inaugural recipient of the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2004 “for innovative explorations of questions on the intersection of language, culture, and literature.”

Summary

Passions of Our Time showcases recent essays of Julia Kristeva’s that demonstrate the scope of her capacious intellect, her gifts as a stylist, and the profound contribution of her thought to the challenges of the present.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Kristeva
• Assisted by: Constance Borde (Translation), Borde Constance (Translation), Sheila Malovany-Chevallier (Translation), Malovany-Chevallier Sheila (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2024
• EAN: 9780231218993
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21899-3
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; History of Ideas, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, Psychology, Memoirs, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Literature: history & criticism, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Literature: history and criticism, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, gender studies; psychoanalysis