num_pages: 144
description: Julia Kristeva extends the definition of revolt beyond politics per se. May '68 in France expressed a fundamental version of not freedom to succeed, but freedom to revolt. Political revolutions ultimately betray revolt because they cease to question themselves. Revolt, as I understand it—psychic revolt, analytic revolt, artistic revolt—refers to a permanent state of questioning, of transformations, an endless probing of appearances. In this book, Julia Kristeva extends the definition of revolt beyond politics per se. Kristeva sees revolt as a state of permanent questioning and transformation, of change that characterizes psychic life and, in the best cases, art. For her, revolt is not simply about rejection and destruction—it is a necessary process of renewal and regeneration.
language: English
title: Revolt, She Said
titlecomplete: Revolt, She Said (Foreign Agents)
genres: Politics, Philosophy, Womens, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Theory, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 111
series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents
publisher: Semiotext(e)