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“Do not all attempts, in our own cultural sphere at least, at escaping from the Judeo-Christian compound by means of a unilateral call to return to what it has repressed (rhythm, drive, the feminine, etc.), converge on the same Celinian anti-Semitic fantasy? And this is so because, as I have tried to explain earlier the writings of the chosen people have selected a place, in the most determined manner, on that untenable crest of manness seen as symbolic fact—which constitutes abjection.”

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Book:Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
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Julia Kristeva
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Julia Kristeva, born on June 24, 1941, is a renowned French philosopher. Her academic research focuses on psychoanalysis, feminism, and semiotics, having a profound impact on contemporary culture. more

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