ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explains the geography of meaning—to the importance of place and its effect on the mind, to the trauma of displacement and dislocation, to the consequences of silence and denial both for individuals and nations—represents the beginning of a discourse that could open up in many different directions. The geography of meaning has taken us on a journey from thinking about internal space, to the space in which we live; to space conquered, colonized, and ensuing brutalities; to the meaning of space as land; to space as a place where culture and history develops; to the consulting room, where these losses are relived and processed. The book presents two of Freud's most significant papers, "Remembering Repeating and Working Through" and "Mourning and Melancholia".
