Kristeva, Psychoanalysis and Culture

Subjectivity in Crisis
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7546-5561-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gambaudo, Sylvie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Kristeva, psychoanalysis and culture: an overview; The genesis of the subject: the paternal function; The failure of the paternal function; Reassignment of the paternal function to the maternal; The maternal; Narcissism; Narcissus; Narcissistic society; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sylvie Gambaudo is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.