1st Edition
Greed Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms
Edited By Salman Akhtar
Copyright 2015
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Though references to it are scattered in the writings of Klein and Winnicott, the topic of greed has drawn meagre attention from contemporary psychoanalysts. This book fills that lacuna. Noting that the inconsolable, relentless, and coercive dimensions of such hunger have profoundly destructive impact upon the self and its objects, Greed: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms sheds light... Read more
Introduction , Developmental Realm , The development of greed in childhood , Anticipatory greed and compensatory greed as developmental steps during adolescence , Primal greed, developmental greed, and terminal greed , Cultural Realm , Greed in the life of William Shakespeare and generosity in the life of Edward De Vere, aka Shakespeare , Corporate greed and the new class system , Greed in Hollywood movies , Clinical Realm , Meanings, manifestations, and management of greed , Greed in the context of marriage and other close relationships , Greed, greediness, and greedy patients , The analyst's greed
Biography
Salman Akhtar
