Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (European Perspectives Series)

This is an important work by a leading French writer. It's about the psychological role of disgust and rejection, the innate sense of horror that establishes within us what is acceptable and appropriate, and what's on the other side of that divide. It's not an easy read by any means, but quite beautifully written. This is probably only going to really resonate with people with some familiarity with Lacan and psychoanalytic theory.

Required reading for a graduate course on abject bodies. Reads like Gadamer (which I love) and you will never look at milk the same again or anything else.

As the coronavirus wears on, the thoughts and arguments presented by Kristeva in this concise and sharply phrased essay become ever more prescient to the social condition we find ourselves in. The concepts outlined under the term “The Abject” gave me a name for the guiding hand visible in various tacit and enforced procedures implemented in the name of the pandemic.Physically my copy was larger than expected for an essay paperback, and the quality of the paper and printing left much to be desired... Such an insightful text really deserves a better printing.

This is a superb illumination into the depth of the human condition.

This is by far one of my favorite texts. The abject touches everything in our lives and Kristeva poetically engages with the third position beautifully. A must read for feminists, art students, and anyone into psychoanalysis or disgust.

Insightful. Terribly insightful. Not an easy reading. Deep, revealing, an eye opener. It's something between psychology and philosophy, a serious, sound, fascinating reading. Depending on your inner ego, depending on how much close to death and horror you have been, this is one of the best books I have ever read.David

A must for any Gender Studies and/or Psychology scholar. It is leaden in density and academic rigor but very illuminating.

Although this work is complex and at times dense (possibly because it has been translated from the original French) Kristeva has some profound insights into the psyche and the abject. She draws heavily on Freudian Psychology, which I don't always agree with, but equally there were many 'aha' moments for me. Important work.

very academic but beautiful

Brilliantly unique and absolutely pioneering the field. Beautifully written although knowledge of psychoanalysis needed

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Brilliant

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