Kristeva’s Sadomasochistic Subject and the Sublimation of Violence

• Published in: Journal of French and Francophone philosophy Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 13 - 26
• Main Author: Oliver, Kelly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 31.05.2013

Do representations of violence incite or quell violent desires and actions?  This question--the question of the relation between mimesis and catharsis--is as old as Western Philosophy itself.  In this essay, I attempt to think through how Kristeva might describe the difference between representation...