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18The Portable Kristeva (edited book)Columbia University Press. 2002.As a linguist, Julia Kristeva has pioneered a revolutionary theory of the sign in its relation to social and political emancipation; as a practicing psychoanalyst, she has produced work on the nature of the human subject and sexuality, and on the "new maladies" of today's neurotic. _The Portable Kristeva_ is the only fully comprehensive compilation of Kristeva's key writings. The second edition includes added material from Kristeva's most important works of the past five years, including _The Se…Read more
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44Ecological Subjectivity: Merleau-Ponty and a Vision of EthicsStudies in Practical Philosophy 4 (1): 102-125. 2004.
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16The Colonization of Psychic Space: A Psychoanalytic Social Theory of OppressionU of Minnesota Press. 2004.We are, Julia Kristeva writes, strangers to ourselves; and indeed much of contemporary theory describes the human condition as one of alienation. Eloquently arguing that we cannot explain the developement of individuality or subjectivity apart from its social context, Kelly Oliver makes a powerful case for recognizing the social aspects of alienation and the psychic aspects of oppression.
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72Bodies against the law: Abu ghraib and the war on terror (review)Continental Philosophy Review 42 (1): 63-80. 2009.In this essay, I argue that the contemporary notion of law has been reduced to regulations and disciplinary codes that do not and cannot give meaning to our emotional lives and moral sensibilities. As a result, we have increasing numbers of what I call “abysmal individuals” who suffer from a split between law—broadly conceived as that which gives form and structure to social life—and personal embodied sensations of pain and pleasure. My attempt to understand the place of Abu Ghraib within Americ…Read more
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68Reading Kristeva: Unraveling the Double-BindIndiana University Press. 1993."... both an excellent introduction and a thoroughgoing analysis of Kristeva’s writing." —Signs "The book is a brilliant combination of a recuperative and a critical reading of Kristeva’s work." —Changes: An International Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy "... a thorough, detailed, and critical analysis of the writings of Julia Kristeva." —Elizabeth Grosz "... the most involved and engaging study of Julia Kristeva’s work to date..." —The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory This first…Read more
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15Book review: Tamsin Lorraine. Irigaray and Deleuze: Experiments in visceral philosophy. Ithaca: New York: Cornell university press, 1999 (review)Hypatia 16 (1): 100-102. 2001.
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14Nietzsche, Feminism and Political Theory (review)International Studies in Philosophy 28 (4): 138-139. 1996.
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