Interiorization of Abjection
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Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection · Julia Kristeva · p.123
POWERS OF HORROR > *. . . QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI*
Theoretical move: Kristeva argues that the New Testament enacts a structural transformation of abjection: by interiorizing impurity (relocating defilement from outside the body to inside the speaking subject), Christianity installs a new topology of subjectivity—the inside/outside boundary—that simultaneously reconciles with the maternal/pagan principle and sublates it into the category of Sin, thereby constituting a split, polyvalent speaking subject.
Such an interiorization of abjection, before being effected through the assumption of Christie subjectivity within the Trinity, is brought about through an expedient that takes over Levitical abominations but changes their location.