Corinne Maier Biography

Corinne Maier is a psychoanalyst and essayist based in Brussels and Paris, whose work tackles themes of work, family, and homeland. Her essays play with contemporary jargon that homogenizes discourse, drawing heavily on psychoanalysis, economics, sociology, and history, with influences from Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Michel Foucault. Maier is known for her incisive style that critically examines societal norms. She has been dubbed the "heroine of the counter-culture" for the global success of her works, which are characterized by sharp language and intellectual insight.