{"product_id":"black-sun-julia-kristeva-9780231067072","title":"Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlack Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, Julia Kristeva addresses the subject of melancholia, examining this phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. She describes the depressive as one who perceives the sense of self as a crucial pursuit and a nearly unattainable goal and explains how the love of a lost identity of attachment lies at the very core of depression's dark heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her discussion she analyzes Holbein's controversial 1522 painting \"The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb,\" and has revealing comments on the works of Marguerite Duras, Dostoyevsky and Nerval. \u003ci\u003eBlack Sun\u003c\/i\u003e takes the view that depression is a discourse with a language to be learned, rather than strictly a pathology to be treated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Kristeva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231067070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231067072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.39w x 0.79d","brand":"Julia Kristeva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045134856447,"sku":"9780231067072","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4011e9f-7e39-4da8-90ef-ed7b9856b85a.jpg?v=1684976939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-sun-julia-kristeva-9780231067072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}