Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Work of Julia Kristeva (Suny Series, Insinuations) [Paperback]

Kelly Oliver (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Suny Series, Insinuations | Publication Date: December 31, 2009

Considers the social and political significance of Kristeva's oeuvre.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The social and political relevance of Julia Kristeva's work is perhaps the central question in Kristeva studies, and the essays in this collection provide a sustained interrogation of this complicated problematic from a variety of perspectives and across the various contexts and moments of Kristeva's forty-year writing career. Presenting Kristeva's thought as the sustained interrogation of a political problematic, the contributors argue that her use of psychoanalysis and aesthetics offers significant insight into social and political issues that would otherwise remain concealed. The collection addresses the entirety of Kristeva's oeuvre, from her earliest work on poetic language to her most recent work on female genius, and it includes two previously untranslated essays by Kristeva, as well as original contributions from scholars working in several countries and a variety of disciplines. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Kelly Oliver is W. Alton Jones Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Women's Studies at Vanderbilt University. Her previous books include Language and Liberation: Feminism, Philosophy, and Language and Living Attention: On Teresa Brennan, both also published by SUNY Press, along with Reading Kristeva: Unraveling the Double-bind and The Portable Kristeva. S. K. Keltner is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-coordinator of Gender and Women's Studies at Kennesaw State University. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (December 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143842650X
• ISBN-13: 978-1438426501
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,144,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kelly Oliver was born on July 28, 1958 in Spokane Washington. She graduated from Gonzaga University with honors in 1979 with a double major in philosophy and communications. She earned her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in philosophy in 1987. She has held teaching positions at various Universities, including George Washington University, University of Texas at Austin, and Stony Brook University. Currently, she is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.

She has published 19 books on topics ranging from family, love, war, and violence to affirmative action, Hollywood films, and animal rights.