Kristeva, Psychoanalysis and Culture
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Abject Maternal
Author_Sylvie Gambaudo
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Contemporary Society
Contemporary Subject
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crisis of subject formation
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Freudian Model
Freudian theory
function
Imaginary Father
Individual Prehistory
Julia Kristeva's Work
Julia Kristeva’s Work
Kristeva's Work
Kristevan Theory
kristevas
Kristeva’s Work
Lacanian Logic
Life Drive
maternal
Maternal Agencies
Maternal Contents
Maternal Function
Maternal Realm
maternal reassignment
narcissism
narcissistic society
Narcissistic Type
paternal
Paternal Castration
paternal function
primary
Primary Narcissism
psychoanalytic critique
Psychoanalytic Narrative
secondary
Secondary Narcissism
Socio-symbolic Contract
Symbolic Father
Symbolic Subject
Western subjectivity
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- ISBN 9780754655619
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jun 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Sylvie Gambaudo is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.
