Operating as it does
Does "operating as it does" in the following sentence imply "this art because of operating as if it is operating on the threshold between..."?
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While art’s formalisation of the processes of loss and destruction has a conservative element in the sense of possessing a binding, symbolic aspect, art that interrogates the realm of disintegrating form, operating as it does on the threshold between stability and dissolution, exhibits the dynamic of repetition compulsion that characterises the death drive.
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catttt operating as it does I take 'as it does' as a parenthetical remark meaning 'and it does' or 'which it does'. the realm of disintegrating form, operating (and it (certainly) does (operate)) on the threshold between ... CJ
- catttt operating as it does I take 'as it does' as a parenthetical remark meaning 'and it does' or 'which it does'.
- the realm of disintegrating form, operating (and it (certainly) does (operate)) on the threshold between ...
- CJ
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cattttoperating as it does
I take 'as it does' as a parenthetical remark meaning 'and it does' or 'which it does'.
... the realm of disintegrating form, operating (and it (certainly) does (operate)) on the threshold between ...
CJ
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