Psychoanalysis, psychosis and postmodernism

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