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Greed : Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms.

Akhtar, Salman.

Greed : Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL REALM -- CHAPTER ONE The development of greed in childhood -- CHAPTER TWO Anticipatory greed and compensatory greed as developmental steps during adolescence -- CHAPTER THREE Primal greed, developmental greed, and terminal greed -- PART II: CULTURAL REALM -- CHAPTER FOUR Greed in the life of William Shakespeare and generosity in the life of Edward De Vere, aka "Shakespeare -- CHAPTER FIVE Corporate greed and the new class system -- CHAPTER SIX Greed in Hollywood movies -- PART III: CLINICAL REALM -- CHAPTER SEVEN Meanings, manifestations, and management of greed -- CHAPTER EIGHT Greed in the context of marriage and other close relationships -- CHAPTER NINE Greed, greediness, and greedy patients -- CHAPTER TEN The analyst's greed -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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 on the emotion's myriad manifestations as well as its camouflage by the ego's defensive operations.

9781782414124


Culture.


Electronic books.

BF175.5 .A35

150.195

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