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Psychoanalysis, Psychosis, and Postmodernism

Stephen Frosh

Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX.

Postmodernist accounts of culture have referred to psychoanalytic descriptions of psychosis to support their claim that psychosis provides a model of contemporary personal experiences. In some cases, such as "schizoanalysis," this has led to a celebration of psychosis as a revolutionary process. This article examines these claims through a reading of the descriptions of psychosis given by Lacan and Bion, and argues that while some aspects of modernity are resonant of psychotic processes, psychosis remains a pathological state.

Key Words: psychoanalysis • postmodernism • modernity • psychosis • personal experiences • psychological foreclosure

Human Relations, Vol. 44, No. 1, 93-104 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/001872679104400106
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