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Disordered Minds

How Dangerous Personalities Are Destroying Democracy

Ian Hughes 

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Description

Disordered Minds offers a compelling and timely account of the dangers posed by narcissistic leaders, and provides a stark warning that the conditions in which this psychopathy flourishes - extremes of social inequality and a culture of hyper-individualism - are the hallmarks of our present age. 'An excellent account of how malignant narcissism is evident in the lives of the great dictators, and how the conditions in which this psychopathy flourishes have returned to haunt us.' Dr Kieran Keohane, editor of The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization

Product Details

PublisherZero Books
Publish DateSeptember 28, 2018
Pages208
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781785358807
Dimensions8.4 X 5.4 X 0.5 inches | 0.6 pounds

About the Author

Ian Hughes, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork. His writing on personality disorders has appeared on Psychology Today and Open Democracy. His successful blog disorderedworld.com focuses on dangerous personality disorders and their consequences. Ian lives in Dublin, Ireland.

Reviews

Ian Hughes adds new scientific insight to one of the deepest conundrums of politics: that positions of power appeal to the narcissistic, paranoid psychopaths among us, with catastrophic results for humanity. His argument that human institutions, particularly liberal democracy, are needed to constrain the worst of human nature, is profound and (needless to say) timely. Disordered Minds is sometimes disturbing, but it is consistently fascinating, and ultimately constructive and hopeful.--Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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