Julia Kristeva explicates her foundational distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic and explores their interrelationships. Linking the psychosomatic to the literary and the literary to a larger political horizon…

In this wide-ranging and accessible introduction, internationally known linguist, psychoanalyst, and theorist Julia Kristeva presents the evolution and emergence of linguistics as human science.

In this survey of Julia Kristeva’s work, the author outlines her intellectual development, from her work on Bakhtin through her theories of the symbolic and the semiotic to her analysis…

This is a collection of 22 never-before-translated interviews and one personal essay by Julia Kristeva. Kristeva’s in-depth discussions with major figures in contemporary arts and letters cover topics as diverse…

This book appraises the relationship between contemporary feminism and Julia Kristeva, a major figure in Continental thought. It addresses the conflicting range of feminist responses to Kristeva’s key ideas and…

Kristeva is drawn to states of extremity where language and the psyche are under duress, and in this book Smith examines the way the alchemical properties of words may transform…

A valuable intervention in Kristevan scholarship and a significant and exciting contribution in its own right to post-structuralist discussions of ethical and political agency and practice.

Julia Kristeva is a theorist and is acclaimed for her work in linguistics, psychoanalysis, literary and political theory. This is an introduction to her work in English.