The Freudian thing in postmodern analysis is one of the things that makes me avoid serious postmodern theory. As soon as some Freudian stuff (Lacan or whatever) sneaks in, I become sure it has drifted into nonsense.

My single favourite moment from academic philosophy was when a student had been asked to give a tute presentation on Lacan, gave a concise summary of his theories of art criticism, and the entire tute broke into spontaneous laughter.