Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva

Abstract

This article examines the relatively neglected fiction of Julia Kristeva, especially her ‘gothic roman noir’ The Old Man and the Wolves, in relation to her theories of violence and abjection. It focuses on the various kinds of excitement and anxiety provoked by notions of border-crossing and metamorphosis in her fiction, and explores her critique of the banality of secular modernity and her nostalgic evocations of sacred space. I also discuss the paradox of her problematic use of detective fiction—a direct product of secular modernity—as a vehicle for this critique.     

Psychoanalysis, Parents, and God: Julia Kristeva on Subjectivity and the Imaginary Father

This article examines Julia Kristeva's theories of language, subjectivity, and faith. Kristeva's perspectives contain surprising resources for feminist theologians concerned about gender-inclusive language for God. Her concept of the Imaginary father offers a way to understand how God-language functions for person in relation to their subjectivity. Such an understanding can assist feminist thinkers to move beyond contemporary stalemates in theological appropriations of object relations theory, toward new feminist perspectives on subjectivity and new practices for transforming gendered language about God.     

Crossing Pedagogical Borders in the Yucatan Peninsula

A challenging intercultural teaching experience provided an opportunity for engaging embodied pedagogies that facilitated border crossings of language, age, gender, and experience. Influenced by the work of Augusto Boal, the author describes how improvisation, role‐play, music, and drawing led seminary students in Mexico into sacred time and space toward relevant learning. Drawing upon the critical pedagogy of several educators yields implications for teaching theology and religion. The essay also invites readers into dialogue about how such border crossings can benefit their own teaching.     

跨进21世纪的门槛--访叶朗教授

叶朗 ,男 ,生于 1 938年 1 0月 ,浙江衢州人。 1 96 0年毕业于北京大学哲学系哲学专业。现任北京大学哲学系教授兼艺术学系主任 ,北京市哲学会会长 ,教育部高等学校哲学教学指导委员会主任委员 ,中华美学学会副会长兼高校美学研究会主任 ,九届全国政协常委。主要著作有 :《中国     

Emotion-Focused Therapy: An Interview with Leslie Greenberg

Over the past 30 years Leslie Greenberg has developed and refined the Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) approach. This therapy model stands apart from other, humanistic-based approaches in its focus on empiricism. In addition, EFT is one of the few therapy models that is truly integrative in nature, combining client-centered, gestalt, and cognitive principles. This paper includes a recent interview with Greenberg in which he describes the development of EFT and his views regarding future directions of EFT, as well as his views on the field of psychotherapy more generally.     

An Interview with David Alderson

<正>Wang Jie:Here are some questions that I think are very important to China's research on Marxism,so I'd like to know your opinions.I'd like to start with the research on Terry Eagleton.As far as I know,you are the first to have written a book on Terry.In China,there are also many scholars who are researching Terry and a group of articles are recently coming out in China's most important core journal,Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art.When I talked with Terry at the University of Manchester,he specially mentioned that he was a Marxist,instead of a Post-marxist.Later,he wrote me a letter to add that it was a matter of principle.For the relationship between Marxism and Postmarxism, there are still confusions among scholars in China,so can you make further clarifications in combination with Terry's situation? David:I would say that Terry is without doubt a Marxist,not a Post-Marxist. That is very clear to me.At a recent conference about Terry's career at Manchester University,there was discussion about the extent to which his thought had changed over years,and one of the comments that he made was that he believes roughly the same things as he used to believe in the 1960s.From having read and studied his work,I would say that there's overwhelmingly a sense of continuity through the work.     

亚科·欣蒂卡访谈录

1)新的生物遗传研究 ,比如克隆 ,再次提出了“科学与伦理学”之间的关系这一棘手问题。您对此的观点是什么 ?您认为 ,“哲学”在这场论争中扮演什么角色 ?对于伦理学和哲学之间的关系问题我想我能说的不多。但对于伦理学我倒是可以泛泛地谈一些看法 :它是如何被研究的 ,以及它应该如何被研究。在此我想谈两点。第一 ,伦理学发轫于古希腊时 ,它研究的是道德层面上和社会层面上的优秀品行。不同的美德是优秀品行的不同形式 :从字面意思上讲 ,一个有美德的人是一个社会生活舞台上的优秀表演者。但在维多利亚时代道德规范莅临之时 ,社会上却出现…     

An Interview with Michael Walzer

Michael Walzer is currently at the School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey. Professor Walzer has written Just and Unjust Wars; The Revolution of the Saints and has edited Toward A Global Civil Society. In this interview, he discusses some of the current concerns about education, political theory and the current state of the art of toleration, and acceptance and accommodation of different racial, ethnic, social and minority groups. He has published extensively and his work has been translated in several other languages. In this interview, he responds to questions about his work, his writings and his current concerns.     

Counselling under Apartheid: An Interview with Andrew Swart

This interview conducted in August 1989 with Andrew Swart, Head of the Counselling and Careers Unit at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg covers the following areas: (a) the pressures faced by counsellors working in South Africa, (b) the Society for Student Counselling and its internal politics, and (c) the work of counsellors in South Africa as agents of change and the implications of this work. Much has happened in South Africa since August 1989 and the interview is followed by a briefpostcript written by Andrew Swart.     

Bodies and Liturgy: An Interview with Mary Deeley

Susan Ross interviewed Mary Deeley, PhD, a pastoral associate at the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Susan and Mary began their conversation by talking about the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (abbreviated here as GIRM), which was issued in 2003, and about other ways that bodies are a central part of the liturgical experience. The GIRM speaks of the dignity of the liturgy, the significance of movements, postures, singing, and silence and the roles that these play in liturgical practice.     

Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy: An Interview with Albert Ellis

Over the past 50~years, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) has been developed and refined by Albert Ellis. REBT provides a framework for therapy that appears useful for many therapists and most clients. This paper includes a recent interview with Dr. Ellis, examining issues related to the development, application, and ongoing refinement of REBT as a useful and effective approach to psychotherapy.     

马克思主义与生态:理论反思与现实考量的链接点——戴维·麦克莱伦访谈录

生态问题不仅是人与自然关系发展到一定历史阶段的产物,也是当前国内外学界的一个热点。其中,马克思主义生态思想的解读与阐发是当代马克思主义研究的理论前沿之一。为此,本文专访了国际知名马克思主义研究学者、也是中国学界的老朋友戴维·麦克莱伦教授。访谈主要围绕着麦克莱伦与以赛亚·伯林的思想关系、马克思的生态思想及其最新研究动态等展开讨论,并结合当下现实为我们作为马克思主义者思考如何构建人类文明共同体提供一个重要的思想视阈。