Projection
Does "projection" in the following context mean "a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection)"?
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Like the folds of a Moebius strip, fear of the outside engendered retreat into the home, but home had become an equally disturbed space that generated nostalgia for a sense of belonging. ‘The uncanny is not a property of space but an aesthetic dimension, a representation of a mental state of projection that precisely elides the boundaries of the real and the unreal in order to provoke a disturbing ambiguity, a slippage between waking and dreaming.’
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catttt Does "projection" in the following context mean "a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others (Wikipedia )"? It could be an allusion to that sort of phenomenon, but I don't think it's intended to be as clinical as that because there is no suggestion in the text of anyone denying impulses in himself while attributing them to others. "mental state of projection" may mean something as simple as "imagination".
- catttt Does "projection" in the following context mean "a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others (Wikipedia )"?
- It could be an allusion to that sort of phenomenon, but I don't think it's intended to be as clinical as that because there is no suggestion in the text of anyone denying impulses in himself while attributing them to others.
- "mental state of projection" may mean something as simple as "imagination".
- In my opinion it's quite difficult to come up with a precise meaning of the term "projection" as used in this context, but to me its meaning here is closer to its meaning in showing films, where images are projected onto a screen.
- Opinions may vary.
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cattttDoes "projection" in the following context mean "a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others (Wikipedia )"?
It could be an allusion to that sort of phenomenon, but I don't think it's intended to
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