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Thought as Revolt in The Old Man and the Wolves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Bianca L. Rus
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Abstract

This article explores how Julia Kristeva's construction of a fictional narrative space enables her to examine the conditions that can produce a culture of revolt. Focusing on one of her novels, The Old Man and the Wolves, the article brings together Hannah Arendt's political philosophy (which provides a framework for Kristeva's depiction of totalitarianism) with Duns Scotus's principle of individuation and Giorgio Agamben's notion of quodlibet (“whatever singularity”) to argue that the future of a culture of revolt is closely connected to the role of women. By aligning feminine thought to political revolt, I demonstrate that Kristeva's revalorization of feminine experiences in the novel constitutes the basis of an ethics that includes the recognition of “whatever” forms of life that have been historically neglected.

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Hypatia , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , Winter 2019 , pp. 20 - 38
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Copyright © 2019 by Hypatia, Inc.

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