TY  - GEN
T1  - Psychoanalysts, psychologists and psychiatrists discuss psychopathy and human evil
T2  - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series.
A2  - Itzkowitz, Sheldon
A2  - Howell, Elizabeth F., 1946-
LA  - English
PP  - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1127847264
AB  - Evil - along with its incarnation in human form, the psychopath - remains underexamined in the psychological and psychoanalytic literature. Given current societal issues ranging from increasingly violent cultural divides to climate change, it is imperative that the topics of psychopathy and human evil be thoughtfully explored. The book brings together social scientists, psychologists, and psychoanalysts to discuss the psychology of psychopaths, and the personal, societal and cultural destruction they leave as their legacy. Chapters address such questions as: Who are psychopaths? How do they think and operate? What causes someone to commit psychopathic acts? And are psychopaths born or created? Psychopaths leave us shocked and bewildered by behavior that violates the notions of common human trust and bonding, but not all psychopaths commit crimes. Because of their unique proclivities to deceive, seduce, and dissemble, they can hide in plain sight; especially when intelligent and highly educated. This latter group comprise the "successful or corporate" psychopaths, frequently found in boardrooms of corporations and amongleaders of national movements or heads of state. Addressing a wide range of topics including slavery, genocide, the Holocaust, the individual as psychopath, the mind of the terrorist, sexual abuse, the role of attachment and the neurobiology of psychopathy, this book will appeal to researchers of human evil and psychopathy from a range of different disciplines and represents essential reading for psychotherapists and clinical psychologists.
CN  - BF789.E94 P795 2020
SN  - 9780429553028
SN  - 0429553021
SN  - 0429262426
SN  - 9780429262425
SN  - 9780429557491
SN  - 0429557493
SN  - 9780429561962
SN  - 0429561962
SN  - 9780367205829
SN  - 9780367205850
SN  - 0367205858
KW  - Good and evil : Psychological aspects.
KW  - Psychopaths.
KW  - Psychopathes.
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY : Movements : Psychoanalysis.
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY : Mental Health.
KW  - Good and evil : Psychological aspects
KW  - Psychopaths
ER  -