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Strangers to Ourselves

Strangers to Ourselves

Kristeva, Julia

Paperback

Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism

Literary CriticismGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0231214618
ISBN13: 9780231214612
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: Feb 20 2024
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This book is concerned with the notion of the stranger--the foreigner, outsider, or alien in a country and society not their own--as well as the notion of strangeness within the self, a person's deep sense of being, as distinct from outside appearance and their conscious idea of self.

Julia Kristeva begins with the personal and moves outward by examining world literature and philosophy. She discusses the foreigner in Greek tragedy, in the Bible, and in the literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and the twentieth century. By considering the legal status of foreigners throughout history, Kristeva offers a different perspective on our own civilization.

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