Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt : The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis, Pape...

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Kristeva focuses on an intriguing new dilemma. Freud and psychoanalysis taught us that rebellion is what guarantees our independence and our creative abilities. But in our contemporary "entertainment" culture, is rebellion still a viable option? Is it still possible to build and embrace a counterculture? For whom--and against what--and under what forms?Kristeva illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three twentieth-century writers: the existentialist John Paul Sartre, the surrealist Louis Aragon, and the theorist Roland Barthes. Th also offers an illuminating discussion of Freud's groundbreaking work on rebellion, focusing on the symbolic function of patricide in hisTotem and Taboo and discussing his often neglected vision of language.