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"Susan Miller, author of two foundational works on shame (The Shame Experience [TAP, 1985/1993 pbk]; Shame in Context [TAP, 1996]), now turns to disgust, an intriguing emotion that has received little attention in the professional literature. For Miller, the psychological study…
"Susan Miller, author of two foundational works on shame (The Shame Experience [TAP, 1985/1993 pbk]; Shame in Context [TAP, 1996]), now turns to disgust, an intriguing emotion that has received little attention in the professional literature. For Miller, the psychological study…
Monsters have taken many forms across time and cultures, yet within these variations, monsters often evoke the same paradoxical response: disgust and desire. We simultaneously fear monsters and take pleasure in seeing them, and their role in human culture helps to explain this a…
In these two essays, Kolnai (1905-1973, philosophy, Bedford College) distinguishes disgust from other emotions, such as fear, contempt, and hatred. He examines the range of physically disgusting items, observing that disgusting material is always biological. And he considers the…
"People can be disgusted by the concrete and by the abstract--by an object they find physically repellent or by an ideology or value system they find morally abhorrent. Different things will disgust different people, depending on individual sensibilities or cultural backgrounds.…
