Beschreibung:
This book explores the intersubjective nature of disgust, the fascination that often accompanies it and the ethical implications of the experience. It examines the ways in which disgust works to create structures of meaning about selfhood and relationships.
Acknowledgements Introduction: Everyday Encounters 1. Mapping the Terrain: Approaches to Disgust in Western Psychology and Thought 2. Toward a Feminist Politics of Disgust: Exposing the Social, Cultural, and Theoretical "Lenses" of Disgust Discourse 3. A Feminist Politics of Disgust: Jessica Benjamin, Recognition, and Reframing Disgust 4. Meeting the Ethical Demands of Disgust as the Struggle for Recognition 5. The Work of Disgust: The Ashley Smith Case Conclusion: Matters of Disgust