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July 7, 2026International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies

The Sacrifice at Aulis: Paranoid‐Schizoid Power and the Cost of Witness

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This article analyzes the intersection of power dynamics and psychological frameworks in contemporary leadership, suggesting deep costs of whole-object integrity.

Key Points

  • The article examines how institutional power impacts psychological development and moral perception within leadership contexts.
  • Literary analysis of Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis through Melanie Klein's psychoanalytic concepts.
  • Application of Wilfred Bion's and Emmanuel Levinas's theories to contemporary case studies.
  • Evaluation of leadership practices at Boeing and Wells Fargo.
  • Agamemnon depicted as a figure trapped in part-object relations, unable to feel guilt.
  • Clytemnestra represented as the whole-object perceiver, highlighting the dysfunction in Agamemnon's behavior.
  • Demonstrates that moral injury is fundamentally tied to maintaining whole-object perception in damaging institutional frameworks.

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Paul Wadey (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4c9754331bc25c9e5f44e9https://doi.org/10.1002/aps.70063
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