Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Abstract

Post-Cartesian psychoanalysis, in contrast to the classical Freudian version, is an inherently dialogical and hermeneutic process of inquiry that seeks to understand and disclose the lived contours of psychological experience. As a form of clinical practice it strives to arrive at new meanings that evolve out of the shared, relational and affective experience of the therapeutic process. In line with hermeneutic, sociocultural and narrative approaches in psychology, post-Cartesian psychoanalysis emphasizes the multiply contextualized and decentered nature of psychological life. This chapter examines the emergence of the sociocultural and post-Cartesian turn in psychoanalysis in the work of Ludwig Binswanger, Erich Fromm and Harry Stack Sullivan. It provides an overview of contemporary forms of post-Cartesian psychoanalysis and demonstrates their application. Post-Cartesian psychoanalysis provides a remarkably contemporary and critical perspective on human development and experience that is relevant across disciplines.

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