Contagion: Pollution, Protection & Purity
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The Disgust Instinct
I am already aware of the interface, or overlap of between iological and psychological that these, perhaps a disease avoidance kinds of behaviors took on a religious or ritual significance. So it quickly and easily, perhaps instinctively as well, moved into emotions psychology. And that universal, official expression of disgust. I think the instinct of disgust has such a powerful influence on what we move towards or what we move away from. It also has a strange impact on the fetichiation of things. That when we come across something that we find disgusting on an instinctive level, it is also a state of arousal, a bit of adrenelin in it. The senses are very heightened. The mind speeds up a
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