Јулија Кристева: деконструкција на Странецот
Julia Kristeva: Deconstruction of the Concept of Stranger

Author(s): Elizabeta Sheleva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Applied Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Psychoanalysis, Theory of Literature
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: stranger; foreigner; cosmopolitanism; psychoanalysis; Kristeva;Waldenfels
Summary/Abstract: This paper is focused on the radical deconstruction of Julia Kristeva on the notion of foreigner (stranger), offered in her seminal, intriguingly entitled book “Strangers To Ourselves” (published in 1988), on the cosmopolitan redefinition of the traditional concept of stranger. The foreigner (etrangere) happens to be probably the most paradigmatic or particularly intriguing figure of interest, in the context of contemporary (existential) literature and philosophy in France, including the inventive approach and notorious books of Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Morice Blanchot, Vladimir Jankelevicz, Emile Cioran, Jacques Derrida. Adopting the traces of Freud`s psychoanalysis (which she personally practicised, as well, being a therapist), Kristeva elaborates unorthodox reinterpretation of stranger (traditionally perceived as an alien, coming from the outside), this time, on the contrary, as the immanent figure (hidden face) of the very subject. This paper also recognizes the existential background of Kristeva, based on its` linguistic, gender, ethno- cultural differences, amidst French culture, so that Kristeva herself happens to be tripled (three-some) kind of Stranger or Othereness, on her own. Hence, her initial status of a stranger, finally served to present a challenging notion (and perspective) of a creatively productive strangeness, which continues to also inspire next generations of scholars, even 30 years, since its` original publishing, when the issue of Stranger became unavoidable part of reality.

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