Pathological Sublime = the Abject

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/04/a-young-persons-guid.html#more

Mark Derry details his new project about the “Pathological Sublime.” Now, I <3 me some Mark Derry (he coined the term "Afrofuturism," after all), but, I really fail to see how the "pathological sublime" isn't just another term for what Kristeva calls "the abject" (fascinating and horrifying, disgusting and attractive, blahblahblah...)