ABSTRACT
The concept of meaning is not new in psychology. It is at home both in everyday speech and in academic discourse; both in fundamental and applied research, in ‘depth’ (Freudian and post-Freudian) and ‘height’ (Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian, as well as existentialist) approaches, both in the rigorous academic and flexible humanistic paradigm. The postmodern situation in present-day psychology is also favorable for the concept of meaning, which helps to link different contexts together. Meaning corresponds both to objective, subjective, and intersubjective or ‘conversational’ reality; it relates to consciousness, the unconscious, behavior, and personality, as well as interpersonal processes. Whatever one studies one cannot miss the importance of meaning.
