Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia by Julia Kristeva

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Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia by Julia Kristeva

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Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia by Julia Kristeva

In Black Sun, Julia Kristeva addresses the subject of melancholia, examining this phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. She describes the depressive as one who perceives the sense of self as a crucial pursuit and a nearly unattainable goal and explains how the love of a lost identity of attachment lies at the very core of depression's dark heart.

In her discussion she analyzes Holbein's controversial 1522 painting The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, and has revealing comments on the works of Marguerite Duras, Dostoyevsky and Nerval. Black Sun takes the view that depression is a discourse with a language to be learned, rather than strictly a pathology to be treated.

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ISBN 13 9780231067065
ISBN 10 0231067062
Title Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia
Author Julia Kristeva
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Columbia University Press
Year published 1989-12-01
Number of pages 300
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.