The paper outlines a wider framework within which to explore dangers posed by some forms of omnipotent thinking in today’s world. A distinction is drawn between omnipotent phantasy employed as psychic defence and employed as part of justifying fraud.
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Sally Weintrobe, Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, chairs the Climate Committee of the International Psychoanalytical Association. She has written and talked widely on climate and the environment.