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Psychoanalysis--Myth and Science: The Challenge to Become Open-Minded to Infinite Complexity

Psychoanalysis--Myth and Science: The Challenge to Become Open-Minded to Infinite Complexity The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2000 PSYCHOANALYSIS—MYTH AND SCIENCE: THE CHALLENGE TO BECOME OPEN-MINDED TO INFINITE COMPLEXITY Marianne H. Eckardt Psychoanalysis, far from being well defined, means many different things to different people. For the purpose of my presentation I will refer to two views of psychoanalysis, one as seen by the outsider and one as seen by the insider. For the outsider it is still Freud’s classic theory as it evolved over his lifetime. For the insider it is a multifaceted field representing many schools of thought, many innovative concepts, new building on old, new incorporating old, new discarding old, a field with rich diversity and rich in confusing contradictions. The outsiders are challenging psychoanalysis. The pronouncement, “psychoanalysis is dead,” recurs, coming from many erudite sources. The insiders, however, have but little solid ground to de- fend themselves. My theme of “Psychoanalysis: Myth or Science,” modified to “Psychoanalysis—Myth and Science,” presents my version of major fault lines in our psychoanalytic language. One hundred years separate us from the time when psychoanalysis was born, one hundred years that have seen more radical changes and innova- tions than any other century. For Freud and the late http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1023/A:1001925821356
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Abstract

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2000 PSYCHOANALYSIS—MYTH AND SCIENCE: THE CHALLENGE TO BECOME OPEN-MINDED TO INFINITE COMPLEXITY Marianne H. Eckardt Psychoanalysis, far from being well defined, means many different things to different people. For the purpose of my presentation I will refer to two views of psychoanalysis, one as seen by the outsider and one as seen by the insider. For the outsider it is still Freud’s classic theory as it evolved over his lifetime. For the insider it is a multifaceted field representing many schools of thought, many innovative concepts, new building on old, new incorporating old, new discarding old, a field with rich diversity and rich in confusing contradictions. The outsiders are challenging psychoanalysis. The pronouncement, “psychoanalysis is dead,” recurs, coming from many erudite sources. The insiders, however, have but little solid ground to de- fend themselves. My theme of “Psychoanalysis: Myth or Science,” modified to “Psychoanalysis—Myth and Science,” presents my version of major fault lines in our psychoanalytic language. One hundred years separate us from the time when psychoanalysis was born, one hundred years that have seen more radical changes and innova- tions than any other century. For Freud and the late

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Published: Sep 24, 2004

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