"In Strangers to Ourselves the French psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva focuses on one of the most burning issues of our times: the increasing influx of strangers- whether we call them, foreigners, aliens, or simply others— in previously stable societies. In the current international situation we are all potential strangers - exiles emigrés or refugees - in the literal sense. Investigating the history of foreigners in Europe, Julia Kristeva reminds us that we shall never be able to live at peace with the strangers around us if we are unable to tolerate the otherness in ourselves. This is a wise and human book."

-Toril Moi, Duke University

Columbia University Press / New York #bookstr (written in the late 80’s)