Strangers to ourselves
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1991
- ix, 230 p. ; 23 cm
- European perspectives. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kristeva 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.
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Social psychology Comparative literature Themes Vervreemding Social Alienation Social thought Cultural criticism Foreigner Middle ages Renaissance Enlightenment Nationality Aubains Blood law Citizenship Cosmopolitanism Human rights Identity Language differences Panhellenism Religion Universalism Pschoanalysis Assimilation Alienation