{"product_id":"black-sun-depression-and-melancholia-paperback","title":"Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Kristeva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Kristeva examines melancholia across art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion and culture, and 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. Kristeva analyzes Holbein's controversial 1522 painting \u003ci\u003eThe Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e and considers the works of Marguerite Duras, Dostoyevsky, and Nerval. \u003ci\u003eBlack Sun\u003c\/i\u003e takes the view that depression is a discourse with a language to be learned, rather than strictly a pathology to be treated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Kristeva is professor emerita of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII. A renowned psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist, she has written dozens of books spanning semiotics, political theory, literary criticism, gender and sex, and cultural critique, as well as several novels and autobiographical works, published in English translation by Columbia University Press. Kristeva was the inaugural recipient of the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2004 \"for innovative explorations of questions on the intersection of language, culture, and literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777388445984,"sku":"9780231214537","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ab3f292daff9aa669164646d78849e9.webp?v=1780498391","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-sun-depression-and-melancholia-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}