Head Cases: Julia Kristeva on Philosophy and Art in Depressed Times

(Part of the Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series)

by Elaine P. Miller

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While philosophy and psychoanalysis privilege language and conceptual distinctions and mistrust the image, the philosopher and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva recognizes the power of art and the imagination to unblock important sources of meaning. She also appreciates the process through which creative acts counteract and transform feelings of violence and depression.

Reviewing Kristeva's corpus, Elaine P. Miller considers the intellectual's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231166826

ISBN13:9780231166829

Release Date:February 2014

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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Head Cases: Julia Kristeva on Philosophy and Art in Depressed Times

(Part of the Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series)

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