Black Sun - Softcover

Kristeva, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231067070 ISBN 13: 9780231067072

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1992

Synopsis

In Black Sun, Julia Kristeva addresses the subject of melancholia, examining this phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. She describes the depressive as one who perceives the sense of self as a crucial pursuit and a nearly unattainable goal and explains how the love of a lost identity of attachment lies at the very core of depression's dark heart.

In her discussion she analyzes Holbein's controversial 1522 painting "The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb," and has revealing comments on the works of Marguerite Duras, Dostoyevsky and Nerval. Black Sun takes the view that depression is a discourse with a language to be learned, rather than strictly a pathology to be treated.

About this title

About the Author:

Julia Kristeva is a professor of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII. She is the author of many highly respected books (most published in English by Columbia University Press) and a practicing psychoanalyst.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0231067070
• ISBN 13: 9780231067072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300