New Maladies of the Soul

by Julia Kristeva

Book Overview

These days, who still has a soul? asks Julia Kristeva in her psychoanalytic exploration, New Maladies of the Soul. Hailed by Peter Brooks in the New York Times as "a critic of great psychoanalytic insight," Kristeva reveals to readers a new kind of patient, symptomatic of an age of political upheaval, mass-mediated culture, and the dramatic overhaul of familial and sexual mores. The book poses a troubling question about the human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231099835
• ISBN13: 9780231099837
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"