Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
Author:   Julia Kristeva ,  Leon Roudiez
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231214575


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 February 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Julia Kristeva ,  Leon Roudiez
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231214575


ISBN 10:   023121457
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Language:   French

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"Translator's Note I. Approaching Abjection 2. Something to Be Scared Of 3. From Filth to Defilement 4. Semiotics of Biblical Abomination 5.... Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi 6. Céline: Neither Actor nor Martyr 7. Suffering and Horror 8. Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite 9. ""Ours to Jew or Die"" 10. In the Beginning and Without End... 11. Powers of Horror Notes Index"

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Dazzling. * SubStance * Julia Kristeva’s Powers of Horror, which theorizes the notion of the ‘abject’ in a series of blisteringly insightful analyses, is as relevant, as necessary, and as courageous today as it seemed in 1984. -- Peter Connor, professor of French, Barnard College


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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.”

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