Full Description
An easily accessible introduction to Kristeva's work in English. The essays have been selected as representative of the three main areas of Kristeva's writing--semiotics, psychoanalysis, and political theory--and are each prefaced by a clear, instructive introduction. For beginners or those familiar with Kristeva's work this is a good complement to The Portable Kristeva with a convenient selection of articles from Kristeva's earlier work some of which are otherwise hard to come by.
Contents
Part 1: Linguistics, Semiotics, Textuality 1. The System and the Speaking Subject 2. Word, Dialogue and Novel 3. From Symbol to Sign 4. Semiotics: A Critical Science and/or a Critique of Science 5. Revolution in Poetic Language Part 2: Women, Psychoanalysis, Politics 6. About Chinese Women 7. Stabat Mater 8. Women's Time 9. The True-Real 10. Freud and Love: Treatment and Its Discontents 11. Why the United States? 12. A New Type of Intellectual: The Dissident 13. Psychoanalysis and the Polis
