I have placed the paper described below on my web site:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/N-Q/psysc/staff/rmyoung/papers/index.html

'Some Reflections on the Psychodynamics of Money' 59k

        I was invited by the Merseyside Psychotherapy Institute in
Liverpool to lead off a series of dayschools on 'The Mystery of Money' the
first of which was held on 27 February 1998 and was entitled 'The
Construction of Money'. Having devoted a great deal of my scholarly career
to studying the social construction of scientific ideas, I felt optimistic
about saying something interesting. However, when I got down to preparing
the paper, I found the more theoretical aspects of the subject daunting and
in some ways impenetrable. I therefore turned largely to reflecting on my
own experiences with money and, in particular, wealth and to the
experiences of those close to me. The result is something between a
clinical paper and a self-examination of my own relations wth the having
and the not having of much money. Among the issues addressed in the paper
is an attempt to link psychoanalytic and marxist ideas of fetishism.
        I am very struck by how little psychoanalytic literature there is
on the subjects of money and wealth.

Comments on this and/or other writings at my web site are very welcome.

Best, Bob Young

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