In this absorbing, suspenseful novel Julia Kristeva combines social satire, medieval history, philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and autobiography within a gruesome murder mystery. Murder in Byzantium deftly moves from eleventh-century Europe, wracked by the turbulence of the First Crusade, to the [...]

"Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism." So writes Julia Kristeva in this p[...]

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This innovative introductory text clearly explains the most complex ideas of Julia Kristeva - one of the most influential critics and theorists of contemporary culture. Offering new insights into the central themes of her work it explains clearly such key concepts as the 'chora', 'Oedipus' and 'abje[...]

Den fransk-bulgarske språkfilosofen Julia Kristeva viser i dette brevet til den franske presidenten at spørsmål om annerledeshet og funksjonshemning ikke bare er et samfunnsanliggende, men et personlig spørsmål som angår hver enkelt av oss: For å kunne endre våre holdninger og vår opptreden[...]

Musta aurinko johdattaa masennuksen psykoanalyysiin. Kristeva piirtää potilastapausten avulla naisellisen masennuksen hahmoja: 'neitsytäiti' hankkii masennuslääkkeekseen lapsen, 'Don Juanin vaimo' kiinnostuu miehestään vain silloin kun tällä on rakastajatar, 'ihmissyöjä' ahmii lähimmäis[...]