The forgetfulness of Julia Kristeva: psychoanalysis, Marxism and the taboo of the mother

Title: The forgetfulness of Julia Kristeva: psychoanalysis, Marxism and the taboo of the mother
Creator: Boer, Roland
Relation: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Vol. 33, Issue 3, p. 259-276
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309089209102496
Publisher: Sage Publications
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: Julia Kristeva is known both for her reinterpretations of psychoanalysis and her regular engagements with the Bible. What is less known is her earlier interaction with Marxist analysis, even though at times she draws upon Marx when she is in a corner. In this article the focus is on one of Kristeva's better biblical readings—the taboos in Leviticus, which ultimately rely on the taboo of the mother—where it can be seen that her dominant psychoanalytical reading can get her only so far. In order to go further we need the forgotten Marxist Kristeva. After finding this Marx in a number of her texts, this study suggests a way in which Kristeva's reading of Leviticus might be filled out with some social and economic analysis.
Subject: Julia Kristeva; levitical taboos; taboo of the mother; Karl Marx; sacred economy; fertility
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/808742
Identifier: uon:7748
Identifier: ISSN:0309-0892
Language: eng
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