This Incredible Need to Believe

In this provocative work, Julia Kristeva analyzes the inexorable push toward faith that lies at the heart of the psyche and the history of society.

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.”

Beverley Bie Brahic is a translator and poet living in Paris and Stanford, California. In addition to the writing of Kristeva, she has translated the works of Hélène Cixous, Jacques Derrida, and Francis Ponge.

Summary

In this provocative work, Julia Kristeva analyzes the inexorable push toward faith that lies at the heart of the psyche and the history of society.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Kristeva, Julia/ Brahic Kristeva
• Assisted by: Beverley Bie Brahic (Translation), Brahic Beverley Bie (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2024
• EAN: 9780231219044
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21904-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Philosophy of religion, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, philosophy; critical theory