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Nations Without Nationalism

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Availability:In StockContributor:Julia Kristeva, Leon Roudiez (Translator)Series:European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural CriticismPublish date:10/21/2025Pages:108
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231220866ISBN-10:231220863UPC:9780231220866Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:MovementsBook Topic:DeconstructionProduct ID:SCBKPY34H2

Underlying Julia Kristeva's Nations Without Nationalism is the idea that otherness--whether it be ethnic, religious, social, or political--needs to be understood and accepted in order to guarantee social harmony. This book is an impassioned plea for tolerance and for commonality, aimed at a world brimming over with racism and xenophobia. Responding to the rise of neo-Nazi groups in Germany and Eastern Europe and the popularity of the National Front in France, Kristeva turns to the origins of the nation-state to illustrate the problematic nature of nationalism and its complex configurations in subsequent centuries. For Kristeva, the key to commonality can be found in Montesquieu's esprit general--his notion of the social body as a guaranteed hierarchy of private rights.

Nations Without Nationalism also contains Kristeva's thoughts on Harlem Desir, the founder of the antiracist organization SOS Racisme; the links between psychoanalysis and nationalism; the historical nature of French national identity; the relationship between esprit general and Volksgeist; Charles de Gaulle's complex ideas involving the "nation" and his dream of a unified Europe. Nations Without Nationalism reflects a passionate commitment to enlightenment and social justice. As ethnic strife persists in Europe and the United States, Kristeva's humanistic message carries with it a special resonance and urgency.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231220866ISBN-10:231220863UPC:9780231220866Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:MovementsBook Topic:DeconstructionProduct ID:SCBKPY34H2

Julia Kristeva is professor emerita of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII. A renowned psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist, she has written dozens of books spanning semiotics, political theory, literary criticism, gender and sex, and cultural critique, as well as several novels and autobiographical works, published in English translation by Columbia University Press. Kristeva was the inaugural recipient of the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2004 "for innovative explorations of questions on the intersection of language, culture, and literature."

Leon S. Roudiez (1917-2004) was professor emeritus and former head of the French Department at Columbia University.
Publisher: Columbia University Press

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