Description
Centering on the theme of female genius, Hannah Arendt emphasizes three features of the philosopher's work. First, by exploring Arendt's critique of Saint Augustine and her biographical essay on Rahel Varnhagen, Kristeva accentuates Arendt's commitment to recounting lives and to narration. Second, Kristeva reflects on Arendt's perspective on Judaism, anti-Semitism, and the "banality of evil." Finally, the biography brings together Arendt's intellectual itinerary, placing her enthusiasm for observing both social phenomena and political events in the context of her personal life.
Author: Julia Kristeva
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 07/02/2003
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780231121033
ISBN10: 0231121032
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Literary Criticism | General
About the Author
Julia Kristeva is an internationally known psychoanalyst and critic and is professor of linguistics at the University of Paris VII. She is the co-author of The Feminine and the Sacred, and author of many other highly regarded books, including Melanie Klein, Strangers to Ourselves, New Maladies of the Soul, Time and Sense, and The Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt all published by Columbia.Ross Guberman is the translator of Julia Kristeva's New Maladies of theSoul and Time and Sense, and editor of Julia Kristeva Interviews.