i’m slowly going through this book over a long period of time. this is kristeva’s book about the theory of “abjection,” which involves hating/despising something so much that something physically comes to represent the psychic pain it causes you—at least that’s how i’ve come to understand/interpret it.

kristeva is heavy on the psychoanalysis and this is a difficult book to get through, i think, but still rewarding its presentation of new and intriguing ideas.