Thinking Disgust Plural

Authors

  • Robert Rawdon Wilson Wilson University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-9251/8126

Abstract

The paper explores the connections between disgust and contempt, arguing that contempt as a visceral and intellectual affect emerges out of a knowledge of disgust. Just as contempt can constitute a polished performance, so too disgusting objects can be transformed into art. 

References

KAPALKA, Jason, âAnthropologists on Disgust: 3 Interviewsâ, Mattoid, 48, 1994, pp. 165-186.

NUSSBAUM, Emily, âTo Serve Manâ, The New Yorker, June 29, 2015.

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Published

2017-02-28

Issue

No. 12 (2016)

Section

Il disgusto e l'arte

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