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R. West-Pavlov, Space in Theory. Kristeva, Foucault, Deleuze

R. West-Pavlov, Space in Theory. Kristeva, Foucault, Deleuze

Publié le par Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot (Source : Site web de la maison d'édition)

 

WEST-PAVLOV, Russell, Space in Theory. Kristeva, Foucault, Deleuze, Amsterdam / New York, Rodopi (Spatial Practices: An Interdisciplinary Series in Cultural History, Geography and Literature), 2009, 275 p.

ISBN 978-90-420-2545-5

RÉSUMÉ

Space in Theory: Kristeva, Foucault, Deleuze seeks to give adetailed but succinct overview of the role of spatial reflection inthree of the most influential French critical thinkers of recentdecades. It proposes a step-by-step analysis of the changing place ofspace in their theories, focussing on the common problematic all threecritics address, but highlighting the significant differences betweenthem. It aims to rectify an unaccountable absence of detailed analysisto the significance of space in their work up until now.
Space in Theoryargues that Kristeva, Foucault and Deleuze address the question: Howare meaning and knowledge produced in contemporary society? What makesit possible to speak and think in ways we take for granted? The answerwhich all three thinkers provide is: space. This space takes variousforms: psychic, subjective space in Kristeva, power-knowledge-space inFoucault, and the spaces of life as multiple flows of becoming inDeleuze.
This book alternates between analyses of these thinkers'theoretical texts, and brief digressions into literary texts byBarrico, de Beauvoir, Beckett, Bodrožic or Bonnefoy, via Borges,Forster, Gide, Gilbert, Glissant, Hall, to Kafka, Ondaatje, Perec,Proust, Sartre, Warner and Woolf. These detours through literature aimto render more concrete and accessible the highly complexconceptulization of contemporary spatial theory.
This volume isaimed at students, postgraduates and researchers interested in theareas of French poststructuralist theory, spatial reflection, or moregenerally contemporary cultural theory and cultural studies.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Introduction: Entering Space
Kristeva's Chora
Kristeva's Kehre
Foucault's Spatial Discourse
Foucault's Discursive Spaces
Deleuze's Territories
Deleuze's Intensities
In Place of a Conclusion …
Bibliography
Index