Kristeva’s Sadomasochistic Subject and the Sublimation of Violence
Do representations of violence incite or quell violent desires and actions? This question--the question of the relation between mimesis and catharsis--is as old as Western Philosophy itself. In this essay, I attempt to think through how Kristeva might describe the difference between representation...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy |
| Online Access: | http://jffp.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/570 |