Kristeva, Psychoanalysis and Culture Subjectivity in Crisis
Synopsis
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 a unique and visionary 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 details
- Series:
- Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
- Author:
- Sylvie Gambaudo
- ISBN:
- 9781351923835
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781315251035, 9780754655619
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 212
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2023-07-11
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Copyright by:
- Sylvie Gambaudo
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy