Postmodernism and its impact on psychoanalysis

Abstract

This article explores the heterogeneity of postmodern thought and its contributions to contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice; the heterogeneity of psychoanalytic theory and the claims of privilege and standing made by individual theories; and the postmodern terrain and its conflicting points of view. Its origins are also traced back to the work of classical analytic authors, notably Erikson, Gill, Hartmann, Klein, and Rapaport. A solution to the problem of theoretical plurality is suggested, addressing its ontological and epistemological roots.

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