Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Abject - This is the non-linguistic, repressed desire and fear in one's psyche.

Language - This is the only way one can understand the world, and this creates biases and prejudices for how one sees the world.

Oedipus Complex - This developmental conflict says one desires one's mother sexually but is restrained from having her by one's father.

Narcissism - This is the result of the dissolution of the Oedipal triangle and results in no longer seeking an other object.

Phobia - This is an irrational fear which is a metaphorical representation...
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