In this eloquently written essay the author attempts to show that the structure and expectations of the society in which we live have changed drastically from those of the society in which psychoanalysis developed. These changes (i.e., the societal questioning of all basic Judeo-Christian moral tenets) are profoundly affecting both the process of adolescence in our time and the tasks facing psychoanalysts. Esman gives evidence for his ideas that "psychoanalysis must increasingly become a psychology of development rather than merely a psychology of conflict" and that "as analysts and therapists we are concerned with repair of developmental failures rather than resolution of discrete pathogenic conflicts."