The Idea of Europe and the Ideal of Cosmopolitanism in the Work of Julia Kristeva
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8038241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evy Varsamopoulou (0000-0002-5616-6021, University of Cyprus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-44 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276408099014 |
| OpenAlex | W2113140262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article puts forward a critical investigation and comparative assessment of Julia Kristeva's political writing on Europe and cosmopolitanism. Kristeva's reflections on the status of the stranger in the European religious and secular traditions, and her persistent argument on the need to constructively reformulate what is most conducive to a present and future cosmopolitanism from within those traditions and discourses, have already been recognized. What this article addresses is the need for a constructive critical dialogue with the themes and arguments of Kristeva's writing on these issues in the context of recent writing on cosmopolitanism. The article is concerned with ethical cosmopolitanism, as Kristeva's thought mostly bears on the subjective, interpersonal and communal dimensions of cosmopolitanism. Two main problems are identified that crucially undermine Kristeva's thinking on Europe. First, Kristeva's views on the present and future of Europe repeatedly confine the idea of Europe to the representation of a very particular history of French modernity that is only tempered by occasional, comparative yet complementary, references to the USA. The second problem concerns the use of psychoanalytic theories of questionable validity to support cultural analyses and theoretical propositions of dubious value for a cosmopolitan ethos or politics
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Context (archaeology · Cosmopolitanism · Epistemology · Ethos · Ideal (ethics · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Central European national history · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy
Rethinking Europe
Both Sides, Now
Cosmopolitanism, Identity and Authenticity in the Middle East
Conceiving Cosmopolitanism
What are Psychoanalysts for in a Destitute Time? Kristeva and the Community in Revolt
Cosmopolitanism
Special section
Kant’s Theory of Cosmopolitanism and Hegel’s Critique
Here for Good
Multi-Ethnicity and the Idea of Europe
Europhilia, Europhobia
Not Universalists, Not Pluralists
Jürgen Habermas's Theory of Cosmopolitanism
Chaosmopolis
Cosmopolis
Absence and Revolt
Psychoanalysis and the Polis
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |