{"product_id":"black-sun-depression-and-melancholia","title":"Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBlack Sun: Depression and Melancholia\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJulia Kristeva\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780231067072\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eColumbia University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1992\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e300\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia | Julia Kristeva | Paperback | 9780231067072 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1770831","offer_id":49550499381400,"sku":"1770831","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71GZR63DgiL.jpg?v=1784898354","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/black-sun-depression-and-melancholia","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}