Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780333969175
Publisert
2001-06-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Biographical note
CATHERINE CLÉMENT is a prolific critic, essayist and novelist, based in Paris. She has published extensively and recently co-authored work with Helene Cixous.JULIA KRISTEVA is one of France's leading contemporary literary figures. Philosopher, practising psychoanalyst and professor of linguistics at the University of Paris, she is the author and subject of numerous works that have been published to international acclaim.
Is there anything sacred that can simultaneously be considered strictly feminine? Two of the leaders of European feminist thought investigate stories of African rites, Catholic saints, Jewish traditions and psychological case studies in an overarching exploration of how women throughout the world cope with forces beyond their control or understanding. In an exchange of letters, they consider a range of emotional dispositions with reference to contemporary figures including Madonna, the late Princess of Wales, Mother Teresa and Eva Peron.
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In an exchange of letters, they consider a range of emotional dispositions with reference to contemporary figures including Madonna, the late Princess of Wales, Mother Teresa and Eva Peron.
CS(00): Cl?ment CF(00): Catherine CT(00): None CA(00): Writer and Critic CR(00): Author CS(01): Kristeva CF(01): Julia CT(01): None CA(01): Psychoanalyst and Professor of Linguistics, University of Paris CR(01): Author EC(00): PHILOSOPHY MONOGRAPHS - ACADEMIC (522) PD(00): 27/07/2001 EX(00): 200pp SI(00): 129x229mm IC(00): N MM(00): Philosophy and Religion:Biography BI(00): HPCT3 Western philosophy, from c 1900 - BI(02): 1D Europe BI(04): 3JJPR c 1990 to c 2000 MP(00): Undergraduate/postgraduate and general readership in philosophy: cultural studies; English NE(00): N PR(00): ?19.99 NP(00): ?19.99 ND(00): 04/06/1999 PT(00): Hardback
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'This exchange of letters offers all the suspense of a debate and, at the same time, the warmth - in both senses - of a conversation. Clément and Kristeva develop and double back on their respective positions passionately, but also generously, and without closure. In consequence, both move a little, echoing and differing by turns, as they discuss political resistance, mysticism, bisexuality, motherhood, love and death. This book is evidence that dissension can produce brilliant insights. I had difficulty in putting it down.' -
Professor Catherine Belsey, Cardiff University
The...book is...exhilirating. I opened The Feminine and the Sacred with no great expectation that it would prove illuminating. I was wrong.' - Richard Poole, The Welsh Internationalist
'This exciting and passionate book confronts two controversial topics and brings them into creative juxtaposition...rich correspondence shows that there is still a great deal of mileage in the notion of sacredness, and that women can play an important role in its restoration.' - Karen Armstrong, The Independent
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780333969175
Publisert
2001-06-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Biographical note
CATHERINE CLÉMENT is a prolific critic, essayist and novelist, based in Paris. She has published extensively and recently co-authored work with Helene Cixous.JULIA KRISTEVA is one of France's leading contemporary literary figures. Philosopher, practising psychoanalyst and professor of linguistics at the University of Paris, she is the author and subject of numerous works that have been published to international acclaim.