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Passions of Our Time

Author(s) : Julia Kristeva

Reviews and Endorsements

Ranging from literature and the visual arts to psychoanalysis, religion, the question of women, and politics, the essays gathered in this volume deal with the experience of time in birth and rebirth, with the time of events and emergencies and, no less, with the existential dimension of time as opposed to what technologies of sensation are programmed to make of it. In her inimitable and provocative signature style, Kristeva graces her readers with brilliant readings of texts, paintings, sculptures, artists, and political events. Passions of Our Time is an excellent book.
Verena Conley, Harvard University

The essays and interviews in Passions of Our Time not only thoughtfully extend and develop some of Kristeva's seminal ideas but also brilliantly address pressing contemporary issues, such as changing notions of motherhood, fatherhood, disability, and sexuality, and powerfully demonstrate that psychoanalysis is still relevant today. This volume makes it clear why Julia Kristeva is one of the most important cultural critics of our time.
Kelly Oliver, author of Reading Kristeva: Unraveling the Double-Bind

Kristeva's scope is both international and cross-cultural, reaching as far as China, and as close to Western experiences as suburbia's socioeconomic decline.
Library Journal

Amazingly multifaceted... Kristeva marks a new baseline for understanding in the humanities.
The European Legacy

Kristeva exhibits an impressive and expansive grasp of bodies of literature and thought... She offers in-depth readings, spanning entire oeuvres, engaging biographical journeys and the trajectory of each of their thinking, always generously, rigorously, and creatively.
Hypatia