Jerrold M. Post

Narcissism and Politics (eBook, ePUB)

Dreams of Glory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this age of narcissism, the proliferation of politicians with significant narcissistic personality features is dramatic. Driven by dreams of glory, they seem to find the spotlight that the arena of politics provides irresistible. This book analyzes narcissism and politics and systematically explores the psychology of narcissism - the entitlement, the grandiosity and arrogance overlying insecurity, the sensitivity to criticism, and the hunger for acclaim - illustrating different narcissistic personality features through a spectrum of international and national politicians. It addresses the power of charismatic leader-follower relationships, as well as the impact of age and illness on leaders driven by dreams of glory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316093825
• Artikelnr.: 52945620

Autorenporträt

Dr Jerrold M. Post is Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and director of the Political Psychology Program at George Washington University, Washington DC. Dr Post previously worked with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was the founding director of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. He played the lead role in developing the Camp David profiles of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat for President Jimmy Carter and initiated the US government program for the study of the psychology of terrorism. In recognition of his leadership at the center, Dr Post was awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit in 1979. He received the Nevitt Sanford Award from the International Society of Political Psychology in 2002 for distinguished professional contributions to political psychology. He has testified before the Senate and the House on his political psychology profile of Saddam Hussein and on the psychology of terrorism, and he has presented to the UN International Atomic Energy Agency on the psychology of weapons-of-mass-destruction terrorism. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Deterrence in the 21st Century.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Narcissism in full bloom
2. Dreams of glory and narcissistic rage
3. Great expectations
4. Daughters of destiny I - Indira Gandhi
5. Daughters of destiny II - Benazir Bhutto
6. Narcissism and the charismatic leader-follower relationship
7. Self objects: the special role of wives and the inner circle
8. Narcissism, entitlement, sex, and power
9. An exceptional exception: the rise and fall of Italy's Silvio Berlusconi
10. Phallic narcissism in the governor's mansion
11. The impact of illness and age on narcissistic leaders
12. Seeking immortality: dictators and their progeny
13. Leaders by default: second-choice sons
Conclusion.