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A science without memory is at the mercy of the forces of the day.
—Franz Samelson
IN THE 20TH CENTURY, THERE HAVE BEEN two previous "moments" in which psychoanalytic theory stood at a crossroads in the United States—today, we confront a third. Twice theorists could have taken the leap into an unknown, troubling territory, by adopting a comprehensive definition of the social realm, thereby situating their theories historically and struggling with the ways their particular theories not only reflected but also reproduced sociopolitical aspects of their respective eras. Two times they could have, but didn't. It is true that in the last three-quarters of the century psychoanalytic