Julia Kristeva's New Essay on the Soul's Maladies
Psychoanalyst and literary scholar Julia Kristeva has published a new essay titled "Les Nouvelles maladies de l'âme" (The New Maladies of the Soul). In the book, she reaffirms, with Freud, the importance of the body and drive, and recalls the cultural stakes of analysis. Catherine Francblin interviews Kristeva about the paradoxical title for a book based on psychoanalysis, the reasons why new psychic maladies would have emerged, her personal orientations between Freud and Lacan, and her position as an analyst regarding pharmacology.
Key facts
- Julia Kristeva published a new essay titled 'Les Nouvelles maladies de l'âme'.
- The book reaffirms the importance of the body and drive with Freud.
- Kristeva recalls the cultural stakes of analysis.
- Catherine Francblin conducted the interview.
- The interview covers the paradoxical title, new psychic maladies, orientations between Freud and Lacan, and pharmacology.
- The essay was published in 1993.
- The source is artpress magazine.
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Artists
- Julia Kristeva
- Catherine Francblin
- Sigmund Freud
- Jacques Lacan
Institutions
- artpress
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