ABSTRACT
The interior dimension of human experience is the subject matter of psychoanalysis. The languages in which psychoanalysis was practiced and inscribed multiplied too. A rainbow of cultural heterogeneity appeared on the heuristic and technical sky of psychoanalysis. Something happened that jolted the field of psychoanalysis into recognising that external reality, history, and culture-at-large have a far greater role in mental functioning. Culture was the product of the human mind and the origin of its constituents could be traced back to what could not be permitted into conscious mental awareness. Contributions of such sort by Sigmund Freud inaugurated the "era of psychoanalytic anthropology." The impact of Holocaust studies notwithstanding, Erik Erikson single-handedly ushered in the "era of anthropological psychoanalysis". Psychoanalytic anthropology and anthropological psychoanalysis might differ in the trajectory of influence they emphasise but when it comes to how the mind works. Equally impressive are the forays contemporary psychoanalysis has made into new areas, including music, sports, and architecture.
