Chamberlain Book

(6/10) I'm just not sure about this one. It seemed to slip through the sieves of my mind like a fog. Despite Kristeva's reputation for obscurity, this book uses mostly plain language to offer a review of the ideas that have gone into nationalism over time. It's certainly a well-read book, but I had a hard time grasping the overall flow of the argument: far from a straightforward polemic, Kristeva is content to trace geneaoligies and offer a hint of her own suggestions if you look hard enough. To some this will be a rewarding intellectual puzzle, but it took more effort than I was willing to spend, and I'm not sure there really is a worthwhile proposal under there beyond a lukewarm suggestion of cosmopolitanism. But maybe I'm just not French enough to get it.