"There is a huge difference between being a bit Narcissistic and having full blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder - the only thing in common is the name." - Richard Grannon. NPD is an all pervasive condition that can affect any sex.
What is interesting as you say is the weaponisation of psychology, and interestingly we see that there has been a [deliberate] non-funding into Narcissism research. Whereas research has been funded and conducted into even the most obscure areas of psychology. In fact since the 70's the study of Narcissism has effectively been in reverse. Could it be that the elite don't want themselves to be the focus of study?
"Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939), was an English physician, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. He served as president of the Galton Institute and, like many intellectuals of his era, supported eugenics."
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Narcissism ago
"There is a huge difference between being a bit Narcissistic and having full blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder - the only thing in common is the name." - Richard Grannon. NPD is an all pervasive condition that can affect any sex.
What is interesting as you say is the weaponisation of psychology, and interestingly we see that there has been a [deliberate] non-funding into Narcissism research. Whereas research has been funded and conducted into even the most obscure areas of psychology. In fact since the 70's the study of Narcissism has effectively been in reverse. Could it be that the elite don't want themselves to be the focus of study?
TheGodHead ago
"Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939), was an English physician, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. He served as president of the Galton Institute and, like many intellectuals of his era, supported eugenics."
TheGodHead ago
RF Laing suggested Schizophrenia was failed Narcissism but I don't agree.
Who developed the term "Narcissism" in the clinical sense? Was it not a pedophile by the name of Havelock Elis?