the eerie, the weird, the uncanny, abjection Flashcards
what is the uncanny
feeling of existential uncertainty. that which is strange, unfamiliar, far from home. where the strange and familiar meet
what are uncanny things
doppelgängers, damage to the eyes
who famously discussed the uncanny
sigmund freud
what is abjection
anything that troubles line between subjectivity an abjectivity between self and world. is horrifying and fascinating. inside/outside
who discussed abjection
Julia kristeva
examples of abjection
food, sex, corpse, fluids (body)
what is the weird
an excess of something that shouldn’t be there
what is weird the opposite of
eerie
what is eerie
eerie is when something is missing
what do weird uncanny eerie all have in common
all affects but also modes
does the eerie fundamentally have to do with inside or outside
outside
what is the difference between uncanny weird and eerie
the difference is uncanny is strange within the familiar and weird is smth that doesnt belong and eerie is smth missing
