Inside Babel

摘要

In discussions on the plurality or the pluralism of different theoretical approaches in psychoanalysis there is often talk about "Babylonian" circumstances, at times connected with the hope of being able to leave language confusion and communication problems behind. The author takes up the metaphor "Babel", describes constructive and destructive facets of the actual state inside the psychoanalytic Babel and illustrates with examples some problems but also the potentials of the analytic discourse. She pleads for giving the potentials inside Babel a chance before looking for solutions beyond Babel. In the field of tension between inside and beyond Babel approaches are described how to tolerate the diversity of other language games, to acknowledge it and to deal with it.