Money as Emotional Currency

by Anca Carrington

Overview

This book explores the trace of the emotional undercurrent stirred by money from its beginnings in childhood to its consolidation into adult life, through love and work, for individuals and society alike, and with an emphasis on ordinary development, rather than on pathology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367325596
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2019
Series:	The Psychoanalytic Ideas Series
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

About the editor and Contributors ix

Preface xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 Emotional functions of money Anca Carrington 1

Chapter 2 Freud's papers on money Anca Carrington 17

Freud (1908a): Character and anal erotism 21

Freud (1917): On transformations of instinct as exemplified in anal erotism 29

Chapter 3 Money and childhood phantasies James Rose Anca Carrington 37

Chapter 4 Phantasy in the world economy Anca Carrington 51

Overview and introduction David Tuckett 55

Tuckett, D., & Taffler, R. (2008): Phantastic objects and the financial market's sense of reality: a psychoanalytic contribution to the understanding of stock market instability 63

Chapter 5 Love, money, and identity Anca Carrington 97

Borges (1949): The Zahir 99

Chapter 6 Money and desire: a Lacanian perspective Anca Carrington 109

Arnaud (2003): Money as signifier: A Lacanian insight into the monetary order 113

Index 133

Editorial Reviews

"In times of austerity, we finally have a book that explains the emotional underside of money. This fascinating collection of essays explains both individual and collective fantasies about money. The analysis presented in this book should be essential reading to anyone who wants to understand why money can be both anxiety-provoking and exhilarating, plus a damaging element in one’s personal life. For anyone working in financial services, this book should be required reading. Maybe a change in the way we are going might happen when people in finance understand the emotional underpinnings of their business."

Renata Salecl

"No region of life today can be insulated from the desires, anxieties, and fantasies provoked by money. And yet there are few areas in which psychoanalytic discussion and ideas are more strikingly underdeveloped. With its lucid, theoretically expansive, and imaginative explorations of money through the lenses of Freud, object relations theory, Lacan, and even Borges, Anca Carrington’s fine collection proves a valuable antidote to this gap in our literature."

Josh Cohen

"Anca Carrington has pulled together a splendid team of contributors. Read this book if you want to understand the emotions money arouses – and how they impact on the way we spend it, hoard it, and make mistakes with it, on an individual and a global scale."

John Maloney

"This collection has the merit of incorporating critiques of conventional economic wisdom, illustrations from literary fiction, and Freudian and Lacanian analyses. The width and depth of analysis is impressive. There are comprehensive linkages to childhood and individual development but we are also given substantial application to the wider world of financial markets. This is particularly welcome given the fragmentary treatment in general writings of the causes of the recent financial crisis. This should provide a valuable resource for practitioners, scholars in the field, and the generally interested for many years to come."

Samuel Cameron