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The Speaking Abject in Kristeva's Powers of Horror

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Thea Harrington
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Abstract

This essay analyzes the implications of the performative aspects of Julia Kristeva's Powers of Horror by situating this work in the context of similar aspects of her previous work. This construction and its relationship to abjection are integral components of Kristeva's notion of practice and as such are fundamental to her critique of Hegel and Freud.

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Hypatia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , Winter 1998, pp. 138 - 157
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Copyright © 1998 by Hypatia, Inc.

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