Abjection
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CORE DEFINITION
Proposed by Julia Kristeva. It refers to the instinctive repulsion and disgust towards things that are neither 'subject' nor 'object' and blur boundaries (such as corpses, excrement, pus from wounds). This is a psychological reaction to maintain the boundary of the 'self'.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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Understanding taboos and fears. Society's rejection of certain groups (such as the homeless, the insane) is often not because of rational danger, but because they trigger an 'abjection' reaction, threatening the cleanliness of the social order.
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Abjection, proposed by Julia Kristeva, refers to the process by which the subject, in order to establish boundaries, expels things that are neither self nor pure other, that are disgusting and disorderly (such as bodily fluids, corpses). It reveals how 'clean/dirty' constructs the subject and order.
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