Kristeva

Julia Kristeva is one of the most creative and prolific writers to address the personal, social, and political trials of our times. Linguist, psychoanalyst, social and cultural theorist, and novelist, Kristeva''s broad interdisciplinary appeal has impacted areas across the humanities and social sciences. S. K. Keltner''s book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the breadth of Kristeva''s work. In an original and insightful analysis, Keltner presents Kristeva''s thought as the coherent development and elaboration of a complex, multidimensional threshold constitutive of meaning and subjectivity. The ‘threshold'' indicates Kristeva''s primary sphere of concern, the relationship between the speaking being and its particular social and historical conditions; and Kristeva''s interdisciplinary approach. Kristeva''s vision, Keltner argues, opens a unique perspective within contemporary discourses attentive to issues of meaning, subjectivity, and social and political life. By