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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
reading this felt like wading through muck. truly challenging read for me, but finishing felt like renewal
First read in 2008: "Beautifully written and completely impossible to understand at times. I still don't get why sperm isn't abject...I don't know. If you like reading about poop, this is the book for you."
Much more comprehensible after reading the Girard, Freud, Lacan, and Bataille she's referencing.
Much more comprehensible after reading the Girard, Freud, Lacan, and Bataille she's referencing.
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
i am not even rating this because it begs for a reread, a continuous one and probably as a hard copy, too. very, very dense in theory and academic language.
i did, however, liked what i managed to grasp and i am interested in considering it further. i also appreciate the challenge reading this was - it has been a minute since a work has been so demanding and it truly felt like it was bringing my brain back into shape.
i did, however, liked what i managed to grasp and i am interested in considering it further. i also appreciate the challenge reading this was - it has been a minute since a work has been so demanding and it truly felt like it was bringing my brain back into shape.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
very strong start and then a startingly quick downturn into mucking around with minutiae about "primary narcissism," "object formation," "primary repression," mommy, daddy, baby. makes me go zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Psychoanalysts off the shits as always. Ground-breaking work? Yes. Seminal? Absolutely. Incomprehensible? You bet.
challenging
informative
I'm not confident enough to say I've digested everything in this. Will definitely read again because I really like Kristeva's concept of abjection and her beautiful writing style.