Reference of "focusing"
Does the highlighted "focusing" in the following text refer to "recent discussions on art and psychoanalysis in the 1990s" or "Melanie Klein’s theories for contemporary art"?
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In Chapter 9, the book returns from the 1970s to recent discussions on art and psychoanalysis in the 1990s which rescued Melanie Klein’s theories for contemporary art, focusing on sadistic aggression rather than the linguistic bent of Lacanian theory. Rather than mediation and representation, the pre-linguistic aggressions of Kleinian theories lead us towards the idea that art can be reparative and healing.
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catttt Does the highlighted "focusing" in the following text refer to "recent discussions on art and psychoanalysis in the 1990s" or "Melanie Klein’s theories for contemporary art"? Well might you ask. I would say that grammatically and logically it is the discussions, but that comma throws a monkey wrench in the ointment.
- catttt Does the highlighted "focusing" in the following text refer to "recent discussions on art and psychoanalysis in the 1990s" or "Melanie Klein’s theories for contemporary art"?
- Well might you ask.
- I would say that grammatically and logically it is the discussions, but that comma throws a monkey wrench in the ointment.
- If I had been her editor, I would have made her recast.
- Oh.
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cattttDoes the highlighted "focusing" in the following text refer to "recent discussions on art and psychoanalysis in the 1990s" or "Melanie Klein’s theories for contemporary art"?
Well might you ask. I would say that grammatically and logically it is the discussions, but that comma throws a monkey wrench in the ointment. If I had been her editor, I would h
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