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1. Does "mining" refer to "Hesse’s work"? That is, it is Hesse’s work that mines psychoanalysis for...?
2. Does "mining psychoanalysis for a metaphorics of the unconscious" mean "mining psychoanalysis to find a series of metaphors for the unconscious" or "mining psychoanalysis to understand what the metaphors mean in the unconscious"?
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Although for Fer Hesse’s work is ‘characteristic of sadistic process’ in relation to ‘the mourning of the maternal object’, Fer’s point about mining psychoanalysis for a metaphorics of the unconscious is useful.
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catttt 1. Does "mining" refer to "Hesse’s work"? That is, it is Hesse’s work that mines psychoanalysis for...?
- catttt 1.
- Does "mining" refer to "Hesse’s work"?
- That is, it is Hesse’s work that mines psychoanalysis for...?
- That is a moot point.
- I would say that Hesse herself does the mining, digging out terms and concepts to use in her own work.
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catttt1. Does "mining" refer to "Hesse’s work"? That is, it is Hesse’s work that mines psychoanalysis for...?
That is a moot point. I would say that Hesse herself does the mining, digging out terms and concepts to use in her own work. But Hesse seems to be the source of the word "mining", so you would have to read her to know for sure.
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