The Illusion of Theory: Discussion of R.D. Chessick's “Poststructural Psychoanalysis or Wild Analysis?”Michelle PriceMichelle PriceDirector, Treatment Center for Incest and Abuse, Karen Homey Clinic; Faculty and Supervisor, American Institute for Psychoanalysis; Faculty, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.110 East 87th Street #1C, New York, NY 10028Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:July 2017https://doi.org/10.1521/jaap.1.1995.23.1.63PDFPDF PLUS ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations AboutReferencesBruner J. (1993), Loyal opposition and the clarity of dissent, commentary on Donald P. Spence's “The hermeneutic turn.” Psychoanal. Dialogues, 3 (1), 11–19. Crossref, Google ScholarDerrida J. (1981), Positions, (annotated by Bass A., Trans.), Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Google ScholarDimen M. (1994), Seminar on psychoanalysis and sexuality. New York. Google ScholarFlax J. (1990), Thinking fragments: Psychoanalysis, feminism and postmodernism in the contemporary west, University of California Press, California Google ScholarFreud S. (1910), Observations on wild psychoanalysis, Standard Edition, Vol. 11, p. 221. Google ScholarGay P. (1988), Freud: A life for our time, W. W. Norton, New York. Google ScholarGeertz C. (1983), Local knowledge: Further essays in interpretive anthropology, Basic Books, New York. Google ScholarKaminsky M. (May 20, 1994), Discourse and self formation: The concept of mentsch in modern yiddish culture. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Academy for Psychoanalysis, Philadelphia. Google ScholarLyotard J. (1984), The postmodern condition: A report on knowledge, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN. Google ScholarMitchell S. A. (1993), Hope and dread in psychoanalysis, Basic Books, New York. Google ScholarRivera M. (1989), Linking the psychological and the social: Feminism, poststructuralism and multiple personality, Dissociation, 2 (1), 24–31. Google ScholarSampson E. E. (1993), Identity politics: Challenges to psychology's understanding. Am. Psychol., 48 (12), 1219–1230. Crossref, Google ScholarSaussure F. (1974), A course in general linguistics, Fontana, London. Google ScholarWeedon C. (1987), Feminist practice and poststructuralist theory, Basil Blackwell, Oxford. Google ScholarWittgenstein L. (1968), Philosophical investigations, 3 Ed., (Anscombe G.E.M., Trans.), Macmillan, New York. (Original work published 1953) Google Scholar Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 23Issue 1Mar 1995 Information© 1995 The American Academy of PsychoanalysisPDF download