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Boulding’s psychic capital: the linking of individual and collective identities
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Bostock, WW, Boulding's psychic capital: the linking of individual and collective identities, Buletin Psikologi, 29, (2) pp. 130 - 137. ISSN 0854-7106 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.22146/buletinpsikologi.55083
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to establish that Kenneth E. Boulding, an economist whose work also encompassed many other disciplines, provided a valuable insight within the study of psychology. Boulding observed that while in an economic unit there is a store of financial capital which is necessary for continued existence, also in human nature there is a need for a reserve of psychic capital that is vital for the mental health of the individual and society. Psychic capital does this by providing a link consisting of positive feelings shared between the individual and the larger grouping. Boulding proposed that a coherent body of thoughts, memories, and emotions may be shared between individual and collective minds as shared psychic capital. Finally, some present-day examples are given whereby the consequences of a loss of psychic capital have been observed with particular emphasis on collective depression and suicide.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | depression, identity, psychic capital, social alienation |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Other psychology |
Research Field: | Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Bostock, WW (Dr William Bostock) |
ID Code: | 148486 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2022-01-14 |
Last Modified: | 2022-03-17 |
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