Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-203) and index.
Entering the world of disgust -- The body and mind of disgust -- Nature and its excesses -- Varieties of disgust -- Disgust syndromes -- Sex, procreation, and human intimacy -- Disgust within family groups -- The artistically or scientifically creative individual and freedom from disgust -- Group identities and hostility across borders : affairs of ethnicities, classes, and sects -- Disgust and horror -- Concepts of disease and health.