Full pockets, empty lives: A psychoanalytic exploration of the contemporary culture of greed

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-122

  Wachtel, Paul L ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; Envy; Greed; Horney; Materialism; Society

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTICIPATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MONEY; MORALITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; REVIEW; SATIETY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CULTURE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMANS; INCOME; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0038038652     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024037330427     Document Type: Review

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