Powers of Horror
An Essay on Abjection
Book • 1980
In *Powers of Horror*, Julia Kristeva examines the concept of the abject, which refers to that which disturbs, undermines, or breaks down the border between the self and others.
She draws on the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan and analyzes the role of abjection in literature, particularly through the works of authors like Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Marcel Proust, and James Joyce.
Kristeva discusses how the abject is associated with horror, nausea, and the breakdown of boundaries between subject and object.
She also explores how art and religion offer ways to purify the abject and how abjection influences human psychosexual development and cultural taboos.
She draws on the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan and analyzes the role of abjection in literature, particularly through the works of authors like Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Marcel Proust, and James Joyce.
Kristeva discusses how the abject is associated with horror, nausea, and the breakdown of boundaries between subject and object.
She also explores how art and religion offer ways to purify the abject and how abjection influences human psychosexual development and cultural taboos.
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