{"product_id":"strangers-to-ourselves-9780231071574","title":"Strangers to Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is concerned with the notion of the \"stranger\" -the foreigner, outsider, or alien in a country and society not their own- as well as the notion of strangeness within the self -a person's deep sense of being, as distinct from outside appearance and their conscious idea of self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKristeva begins with the personal and moves outward by examining world literature and philosophy. She discusses the foreigner in Greek tragedy, in the Bible, and in the literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and the twentieth century. She discusses the legal status of foreigners throughout history, gaining perspective on our own civilization. Her insights into the problems of nationality, particularly in France are more timely and relevant in an increasingly integrated and fractious world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia Kristeva is a leading French intellectual, practicing psychoanalyst, and Professor of Linguistics at the Universite de Paris VII. Columbia University Press has published other books by Kristeva in English: \u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning Was Love, Tales of Love, Revolution in Poetic Language, Powers of Horror, Desire in Language, Black Sun, Language: The Unknown, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kristeva Reader.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409995501842,"sku":"9780231071574","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8ab460f-4c36-405b-a2ee-ed8bf799dccd.jpg?v=1737110994","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strangers-to-ourselves-9780231071574","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}