Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Second Job
English answer:
second usage (or second role/function/task)
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B D Finch
Jan 22, 2018 13:23
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Second Job
English
Social Sciences
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
What does 'second job' mean here?
"At first, everyone feels that psychoanalysis means something very special, and above all that truth is, in this case, articulated with a mode of representation that gives the word 'psychoanalysis' its style, and gives it its second job, if I can put it that way."
"At first, everyone feels that psychoanalysis means something very special, and above all that truth is, in this case, articulated with a mode of representation that gives the word 'psychoanalysis' its style, and gives it its second job, if I can put it that way."
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second role/function/task
It isn't clear, from the context you have given, what the first and second jobs actually are. However, "job" means the role, function or task of psychoanalysis.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-01-22 20:37:27 GMT)
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Given the French original now provided by Alison, perhaps usage would be closer.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-01-22 20:37:27 GMT)
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Given the French original now provided by Alison, perhaps usage would be closer.
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philgoddard
: I don't think this really answers the question.//Yes, I agree with that.
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Now that we have the original, "usage" seems closer to the meaning.//Thanks phil
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Alison MacG
: With your added note
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Thanks Alison
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Veronica Allievi
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Thanks Veronica
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special meaning; mystery; mythical image (here)
Here second job means special meaning; mystery; mythical image.
More context here:
The Place, Origin and End of My Teaching
than is required, the mystery surrounding some of the words we use, words that have their own shock-effect, that make sense. The word 'truth', for example. What is'the truth*? Well, 'psychoanalysis* is one of those words. At first,everyone feels that it means something very special, and above all that truth is, in this case, articulated with a mode of representation that gives the word 'psychoanalysis' its style, and gives it its second job, if I can put it that way.
The truth in question is exactly the same as in the mythical image that represents it. It is something hidden in nature, and then it comes out quite naturally, emerges from the well. It comes out, but that isn't enough.
It speaks.
It says things, usually things we were not expecting. That's what we hear when we say: 'At last we know the truth about this business. Someone
is beginning to come clean.'When we talk about 'psychoanalysis', I mean when we refer to this thing that lends it some weight, that is what we are talking about, including the appropriate correlative effect, which is what we call the surprise-effect.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-22 16:56:46 GMT)
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https://www.scribd.com/doc/98791883/My-Teaching-Jacques-Laca...
More context here:
The Place, Origin and End of My Teaching
than is required, the mystery surrounding some of the words we use, words that have their own shock-effect, that make sense. The word 'truth', for example. What is'the truth*? Well, 'psychoanalysis* is one of those words. At first,everyone feels that it means something very special, and above all that truth is, in this case, articulated with a mode of representation that gives the word 'psychoanalysis' its style, and gives it its second job, if I can put it that way.
The truth in question is exactly the same as in the mythical image that represents it. It is something hidden in nature, and then it comes out quite naturally, emerges from the well. It comes out, but that isn't enough.
It speaks.
It says things, usually things we were not expecting. That's what we hear when we say: 'At last we know the truth about this business. Someone
is beginning to come clean.'When we talk about 'psychoanalysis', I mean when we refer to this thing that lends it some weight, that is what we are talking about, including the appropriate correlative effect, which is what we call the surprise-effect.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-22 16:56:46 GMT)
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https://www.scribd.com/doc/98791883/My-Teaching-Jacques-Laca...
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