TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Narcissism: fragile bodies in a fragile world
JO  - Psychotherapy and politics international
A1  - Cowan‐Jenssen, Sue
A1  - Goodison, Lucy
SP  - 81
EP  - 94
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
N2  - In this two-part paper we explore how, in Western society, intensified consumer culture, playing on feelings of shame and inadequacy, can be seen as reactivating the ‘narcissistic wound’ while the recent growth of information technology increasingly provides access to a global spectacle and a virtual world that offer an escape from reality. This fuels the illusion of immortality and invulnerability to physical/emotional needs. We ask who benefits from this culture of unrelatedness and disembodiment, and what the repercussions are in terms of participation in social life and organized response to global issues.<p /> 
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SN  - 1476-9263
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppi.187
ID  - ref1
ER  -