Using psychodynamic theory and riveting case material, this book dissects the figure of the malignant narcissist leader (MNL). The authors explain the etiology of the charismatic MNL’s clinical features: charisma, grandiosity, criminality, sadism, and paranoia. This book represents essential reading for psychodynamically minded psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, sociologists, political scientists, and those working in organizational development.
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- Analysis of the impact of globalization, climate change, economic uncertainty, and mass migration.
- Discussion of the rise of populists and would-be saviors.
- Contextualisation of the MNL within transcendental and millenarian movements.
- Examination of the dynamics of high-pressure groups and totalitarian regimes.
- Insights into a variety of leaders, including Donald Trump, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and others.
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This book outlines the limitations and complexity of diagnosis, distinguishing the disordered personality of the MNL from other personality disorders. It presents a new model of overlapping descriptors to categorize high-pressure group types and identifies types of followers.
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