Nefarious Reflections
On Narcissism and Crime
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-47840-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-47840-3 (ISBN)
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The world has long been fascinated with narcissism; a personality style associated with a sense of superiority, condescension, and exploitation. This book examines this psychological concept within America's history of expansionism and ruthlessness toward various 'undesirables', spanning social and personality psychology, criminology, and more.
For several decades, psychiatrists, social critics, and writers of other stripes have warned us about the havoc that narcissists wreak in our everyday lives. In this book, social scientist Mark S. Davis maintains that narcissism is much more than individual pathology; indeed, it is a virus that also infects organizations and entire societies. Examining America's history, this book broadens the discussion of narcissism beyond a troubling personality style. It delves into how traits like superiority, exploitation, retaliation, and a lack of empathy contribute to contemporary issues such as race relations, immigration, and the marginalization of those deemed “deviant” or different. By examining the tragic interplay between narcissism and history, this volume offers solutions to answer the question: can anyone in modern society, informed by its past, devise a treatment plan for a nation's personality disorder?
For several decades, psychiatrists, social critics, and writers of other stripes have warned us about the havoc that narcissists wreak in our everyday lives. In this book, social scientist Mark S. Davis maintains that narcissism is much more than individual pathology; indeed, it is a virus that also infects organizations and entire societies. Examining America's history, this book broadens the discussion of narcissism beyond a troubling personality style. It delves into how traits like superiority, exploitation, retaliation, and a lack of empathy contribute to contemporary issues such as race relations, immigration, and the marginalization of those deemed “deviant” or different. By examining the tragic interplay between narcissism and history, this volume offers solutions to answer the question: can anyone in modern society, informed by its past, devise a treatment plan for a nation's personality disorder?
Mark S. Davis is a social scientist who studies narcissism, self- and other-directed violence, criminological theory, criminal justice policy, and research misconduct. His recent books include Fairness and Crime: A Theory (2024) and Scholarly Crimes and Misdemeanors: Violations of Fairness and Trust in the Academic World (2018).
Introduction; 1. The character of contemporary crime; 2. Narcissism from Freud to Facebook; 3. A matter of fairness; 4. Narcissistic crimes of individuals; 5. Narcissistic crimes of organizations; 6. Narcissistic crimes of social movements and nation-states; 7. Reflecting on the nefarious side of narcissism.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-47840-9 / 1108478409 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-47840-3 / 9781108478403 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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