New forms of revolt: essays on Kristeva's intimate politics

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"Over the last twenty years, French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and novelist Julia Kristeva has explored how global crises threaten people's ability to revolt. In a context of widespread war, deepening poverty, environmental catastrophes, and rising fundamentalisms, she argues that a revival of inner psychic experience is necessary and empowering. 'Intimate revolt' has become a central concept in Kristeva's critical repertoire, framing and permeating her understanding of power, meaning, and identity. New Forms of Revolt brings together ten essays on this aspect of Kristeva's work, addressing contemporary social and political issues like immigration and cross-cultural encounters, colonial and postcolonial imaginations, racism and artistic representation, healthcare and social justice, the spectacle of global capitalism, and new media."--Provided by the publisher. Part I: Kristeva: Revolt and Political Action -- New Forms of Revolt Julia Kristeva Spectacle and Revolt: On the Intersection of Psychoanalysis and Social Theory in Julia Kristeva's Work Surti Singh The Chiasmus of Action and Revolt: Julia Kristeva, Hannah Arendt, and Gillian Rose Sara Beardsworth -- Part II: Imagining New Intimacies: Anti-Racist, Aesthetic, and Clinical Revolts -- Revolt and the Lettered Self Elena Ruiz Extimate Trauma, Intimate Ethics: Kristevan Revolt in the Artwork of Kara Walker Amy Ray Stewart Patient Interpretation: Kristeva's Model for the Caregiver Melinda C. Hall -- Part III: Language and Narrative in Kristeva -- Language as Poeisis: Linguistic Productivity and Forms of Resistance in Kristeva and Saussure Beata Stawarska Peregrine Genius and Thought-Things: Julia Kristeva and Hannah Arendt on Revolt as Salutary Estrangement Elaine P. Miller Eurydicean Revolt and Metam-Orphic Writing in Arendt and Kristeva Sarah Kathryn Marshall At the Risk of Thinking: On Writing an Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva Alice Jardine.