Abjection and Empathy: The Shared Spaces and Blurred Boundaries of Infinite Jest
In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace positions abjection in opposition to empathy. Both psychological phenomena derive from a relationship between two people, but abjection depends on a pushing away and empathy depends on a pulling toward. The experience of either phenomenon results in a blurrin...
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ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
2014
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_theses/171 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=english_theses |