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In 1908 Freud identified money with feces and mad a connection of money to anal eroticism. He
also wrote (1917) of the unconscious, symbolic connection of money, through transformation of the
instincts, with penises, babies and gifts. Ferenczi (1952) wrote about the ontogenesis of the interest in
money as a progression from interest in feces though increasingly sublimated interests in mud, sand,
prettily shaped and colored pebbles, more sophisticated collectibles and finally money. According to
Turkel (1988) Fenichel enlarged on Freud?s linkage of money with feces ?by declaring that money can
symbolize anything one can give or take: milk breast, baby, sperm, penis, protection, gift, power, anger,
degradation. He viewed money as a source of narcissistic supply originating in an instinctual need for
food and for omnipotence.? (p.525) In Turkel?s own more recent view, money in our culture ?is also a
symbol of worth, competence, freedom, prestige, masculinity, control, and security, all of which can
become areas of conflict.? (p.525) |
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