Psychoanalysis is the only truly new hermeneutic since medieval scriptural exegesis

Evidence

But it is clear that the most influential and elaborate interpretive system of recent times is that of psychoanalysis, which may indeed lay claim to the distinction of being the only really new and original hermeneutic developed since the great patristic and medieval system of the four senses of scripture. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 1538

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the dialectic Jameson will run between Freud as interpretive code vs. the Althusserian/structural insistence on decoding — central to the chapter’s method. — connects to: Only psychoanalytical interpretation can lay bare the anomalies of affect — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 40; Psychoanalysis converts each behavior’s hidden revelation into conceptual form; Hermeneutics requires both suspicion and attentive listening — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 6814

Broader Connections

• Only psychoanalytical interpretation can lay bare the anomalies of affect #corroborates (0.78) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 40
• Psychoanalysis converts each behavior’s hidden revelation into conceptual form #expands (0.75)
• Hermeneutics requires both suspicion and attentive listening #qualifies (0.70) — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 6814