Julia Kristeva Powers of Horror:An Essay of Abjection.
Abjection for Kristeva is a nauseating affective state; like ambivalence but more wracking; more violent than the sensation of uncanniness; too primordial to be called an emotion, for it refers back to the affective state of the self before it has become a self.
from: The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle
By Kelly Hurley
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