Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse

"Barratt's contribution lies in his ability to demonstrate the intersection of psychoanalytic method with semiotics and cultural critique. The strength of his analysis lies in the ethical mandate of his political and psychoanalytical perspective: authentic psychoanalysis demands and implies a critique of Western patriarchy and all its anguished legacy."--Vera J. Camden, Kent State Center for Literature and Psychoanalysis. "A profound and erudite work."--American Journal of Psychotherapy.