Tag: Julia Kristeva

August 8, 2018

Julia Kristeva and Thought in Revolt

In honor of Women in Translation Month, this week we are celebrating Julia Kristeva. Today, we are happy to bring you an excerpt from a Times Literary Supplement piece about her impact on literary criticism, psychoanalysis and semiotics. Remember to enter our...

August 7, 2018

Who’s Afraid of Julia Kristeva?

In honor of Women in Translation Month, this week, we are featuring Julia Kristeva– professor emerita of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII and author of many acclaimed works and novels. In fact, if there’s an English language translation...

August 6, 2018

Book Giveaway! The Enchanted Clock: A Novel

August marks Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, we’re kicking off this week’s give away with Julia Kristeva’s The Enchanted Clock, translated...

December 18, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: Julia Kristeva and Teresa of Ávila in the New York Times

Read Carlene Bauer’s review of TERESA, MY LOVE, by Julia Kristeva, which originally appeared in the New York Times.

November 20, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: Julia Kristeva and St. Teresa

Today’s fiction corner features Julia Kristeva’s new novel Teresa, My Love: An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila. While Kristeva first made her name as a philosopher and critic, she has also written several novels, including Murder in Byzantium...

November 4, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Kristeva on Teresa and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new books: Teresa, My Love: An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila Julia Kristeva Moral Hazard in Health Insurance Amy Finkelstein The Question of the Animal and Religion: Theoretical Stakes, Practical Implications Aaron S. Gross...

September 30, 2014

To the Point: A New E-book Series from Columbia University Press

                  Columbia University Press is proud to announce the launch of To the Point an exciting new e-book series that extends the scholarship of our authors for a growing global and digital audience. We present standalone chapters from the press’s...

February 11, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Einstein on Relativity, Kristeva on the Severed Head, and New Fiction from Dalkey Archive Press

Our weekly listing of new titles now available: What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein’s Ideas, and Why They Matter Jeffrey Bennett The Severed Head: Capital Visions (Now available in paper) Julia Kristeva More Than You Know Melissa Malouf...

January 11, 2012

Julia Kristeva: Two Severed Heads from The Severed Head

   In the following passage from The Severed Head: Capital Visions, Julia Kristeva explores the iconography and symbolism of beheadings during the French Revolution: More Roman, Marat takes great pleasure in what he believes to be the “serene joy” of...

January 10, 2012

Julia Kristeva Free Book Giveaway

This week we will be featuringThe Severed Head: Capital Visions by Julia Kristeva and in conjunction with this, we are also giving away other titles by Kristeva. To enter the giveaway please submit by email your name and mailing address...

January 9, 2012

Julia Kristeva on The Severed Head

“That is how the guillotine of history falls, sparing neither men nor works.”—Julia Kristeva This week we will be featuring The Severed Head: Capital Visions by Julia Kristeva. In her newest book, Kristeva explores artistic representations of severed heads from...

November 22, 2011

New Book Tuesday: The Severed Head and Acts of God

The Severed Head: Capital Visions Julia Kristeva The Evil Dead Kate Egan Blade Runner Matt Hills Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Ian Cooper Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance Michael Powers Species Matters: Humane...