capital spending or gambling? Psychoanalytic associations to the financial crisis

Authors

  • Hans-Jürgen Wirth

Abstract

One main explanation concept of the actual crisis is based on the consideration ofthe ambivalent fantasies regarding the interplay of financial markets, motives and actual behaviour of the investors and the thrill. The author discusses this under the special perspective ofthe game theory. He distinguishes this from other modalities of Dionysian limit experiences. The narcissism theory helps to explain the important psychological matrix and the consequences of the financial crisis. Keywords Crowd psychology; affect; financial markets; game theory; bet; narcissism, thrill.

Author Biography

Hans-Jürgen Wirth

Prof. Dr. habil. Hans-Jürgen Wirth, Dipl.-Psych., Psychoanalytiker, Psychologischer Psychotherapeut, arbeitet in eigener Praxis in Gießen. Lehrt als Außerplanmäßiger Professor für Psychoanalyse und Analytische Sozialpsychologie an der Universität Frankfurt/Main. Verleger des PsychosozialVerlages. Wichtigste Buch-Veröffentlichung: „Narzissmus und Macht. Zur Psychoanalyse seelischer Störungen in der Politik.“ Gießen 2002 (Psychosozial-Verlag).

Korrespondenz: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wirth, Psychosozial-Verlag, Walltorstraße 10, 35390 Gießen, Deutschland

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Published

2010-01-01

How to Cite

Wirth, H.-J. (2010). capital spending or gambling? Psychoanalytic associations to the financial crisis. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (1), 27–31. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/29

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No. 1 (2010): Psychotherapie Forum 18/1 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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