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It is possible that, through his Egyptian antiquities, Freud found a symbolic means of grappling with personal loss, a way of exerting intellectual and imaginative control over a devastating turning point in his life. Freud’s deepening interest in Egyptology coincided with his exploration of the concept he famously termed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003ehe Uncanny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW7661455 BCX0\"\u003eThe uncanny occupies a space between the known and the hidden, the familiar and the repressed. 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