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Favorite Kristevan Formulation

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:44:38 GMT

In the "Prolegomenon" to "Revolution in Poetic Language," Kristeva writes of the necrophiliac: "Fascinated by the remains of a process that is partly discursive, they substitute this fetish for what actually produced it" (Oliver, trans, 27).

To me, this formation put the past six years of academics into perspective and helped me emerge from the nineties without an afta-theory hangover.

Yes, discourse matters--the personal is political and has a material basis, but the political is also personal and has a visceral foundation.

Discourse analysis is important, but it is only one aspect of a text, and it delimits the text as an object of study, so there is always a "writer" present isn't there?

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Kristeva is coming to Israel

judih — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:57:03 GMT

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/673456.html

Opened the paper this morning to read that Julia Kristeva is coming to Israel this coming weekend and will be lecturing in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

"Give birth or write: Julia Kristeva lectures on feminist philosophy

By Orna Coussin

The psychoanalyst and philosopher Julia Kristeva, who is arriving this week for a series of lectures in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, will almost certainly draw a large audience of listeners. Kristeva, 65, a native of Bulgaria who lives and works in Paris, is one of the most interesting and influential thinkers today in the fields of psychoanalysis and philosophy of language, along with Roland Barthes and her teacher Jacques Lacan. In the context of feminist philosophy, Kristeva's thought is especially critical and challenging."

Her book, 'Tales of Love' has been translated into hebrew, and I expect many people will be attending her lectures.

I hope to get there!

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Greetings and Introductions

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:45:21 GMT

Hello, welcome folks. I am excited to think others may share my interest in Kristeva.

I am using Kristevan theory for my dissertation, and I have been reading her widely. I am far from an expert on her thinking or formations, but I am gaining a footing.

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Kristeva versus the boys?

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:46:54 GMT

Being ABD, I have had my share of theory. In my experience, I find the theorists most referenced tend to be males (race hovers here too): Derrida, Lacan, Freud, de Man, Hartman, Marx, Zizek, Marx, Hartman, Eagleton, Greenblatt, Jameson, Adorno, Althusser, Miller, Barthes, Fish, Bakhtin, de Saussure, etc.

Despite claims to be interested in eradicating/erasing binaries, my professors appear to be maintaining a gender bias. The only professor to share Kristeva (and theorists of other genders/races) happened to be a female and a feminist. I do not think this is a coincidence, and I am also aware of the feminist questions surrounding Kristeva.

Nonetheless, does the dissemination of Kristeva's work suffer because of gender bias?

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the thetic in 'revolution in poetic language' i need help!

nico — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:14:32 GMT

could someone help me understand how the thetic operates in 'revolution in poetic language' (i was told i was a bit off on my understanding and i need to re-write something involving it. ) I wrote:

it is the point where the subject differentiates itself from the processes and space that produce it through mirroring in language...a place text can enter the subject by infusing the semiotic into the symbolic...the transformative process of bringing the semiotic—where unconscious drives (death, aural, anal) are always active and manifest—into the realm of the symbolic through a linguistic articulation that separates the subject from the process that produces it... The thetic is the point in between the semiotic and symbolic, where they are continually forced to interact with each other and dialectically produce a tension. This tension can reach particular intensities during periods in a subject’s development such as the mirror and phallic stages.

so does anyone have any idea where i strayed off target? thanks.

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Kristeva's Kave

Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:08:27 GMT

Weclome to Kristeva's Kave. This forum is for your "thoughts." Whatever they are. Maybe you just want to say hello or just need some place to post because you are still awake at 2:00 a.m. If so, post away.

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Kristeva in Finland Thoughts and Notes

Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:22:04 GMT

Wow, quite cool:

http://www.kaapeli.fi/flf/kristeva.htm

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Book Extract

Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:19:01 GMT

Extract from Kelly Ives out of print 1997 "Julia Kristeva: Art, Love, Melancholy, Philosophy, Semiotics and Psychoanalysis" (Crescent Moon, 1997)

http://www.crescentmoon.org.uk/cresmokris

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Kristevan Terminology

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:48:20 GMT

This forum is for us to share and work toward an understanding of the various terms used by Kristeva and her particular use of them.

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"The System and the Speaking Subject"

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:47:31 GMT

"The System and the Speaking Subject" 2/17/2004 4:53 PM
This tightly written yet globally foundational view of Kristeva's conception of semiotics can be found in "The Kristeva Reader," edited by Toril Moi.

What catches your attention here?

What formations confuse/excite you?

For me, I appreciate how she positions the subject as split. This helps me bridge the traditional gap between Freud and Marx, and of course, this allows for semanalysis as a signifying process, and I really appreciate how it allows the subject to deviate from the symbolic order. If I am reading this correctly, this is what Kristeva calls the thetic act.

I am still shaky on the Hegelian concept of negativity.

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What primer would you recommend?

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:43:57 GMT

I usually prefer to just make my way through primary texts, but I also realize the benefits of a well-crafted primer or secondary source review.

I think Kristeva's own "The System and the Speaking Subject" serves as a excellent starting point, but I can also recommend "Julia Kristeva" from the new Routledge Critical Thinkers series: Julia Kristeva by Noelle McAfee.

It offers an overview, context, and gets to the meat and terms of the work itself. Decently written, it is a quick read, so it allows you to catch the "lay of the land" before diving into such essential texts as "Revolution in Poetic Language."

What would you recommend?

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