Frosh, Stephen (1991) Psychoanalysis, psychosis and postmodernism. Human Relations 44 (1), pp. 93-104. ISSN 0018-7267.
Abstract
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.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Psychosocial Research, Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2017 14:07 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2025 16:56 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19323 |
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