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Crisis, the Society of the Spectacle and the New Maladies of the Soul Crisis, the Society of the Spectacle and the New Maladies of the Soul
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From Crisis to Revolt From Crisis to Revolt
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Beyond the Phallus? Female Sexuality, Oedipus and Revolt Beyond the Phallus? Female Sexuality, Oedipus and Revolt
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‘Tiny Revolts’: The Intimate ‘Tiny Revolts’: The Intimate
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Notes Notes
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Abstract
Kristeva's writings on crisis and revolt are the focus of this chapter. These topics, which underpin Kristeva's wider philosophical considerations, receive a distinctive attention in her work published since the 1990s. While one of the aims of this chapter consists of a careful unpacking and interpretation of these writings, its particular interest revolves around two related themes that emerge from Kristeva's texts; these are the etymological link between crisis and critique and its potential for feminism, and her notion of intimate revolt, described by some commentators as a 'displacement of politics', and its consequence for female revolt. This chapter suggests that Kristeva's notion of the feminine, together with the importance she accords to a critical ethos, holds out the promise of establishing feminism as a critical project. A feminist scrutiny of these writings is therefore crucial, because it brings to the fore Kristeva's attention to issues of key concern to feminism, including the micro-political aspects of subjectivity and politics, the mutually constitutive realms of embodiment, psychic and social-political life, and the theorisation of female sexuality.
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