The Psychopath in Film

Wayne Wilson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

322 Seiten

1999
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-1317-0 (ISBN)

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The Psychopath in Film examines the cognitive and emotional proficiency of psychopaths at surviving the goodness juggernaut using a model that takes into account three different levels of cognition and two levels of emotion. The prominent force of the soulless creature created in the cinema schemes as a connoisseur of evil. However, the psychopath must work at making evil work. Wayne Wilson assembles the cognitive and emotional fundamentals essential for evil's success. Cognitively, the psychopaths must possess the ability to maintain a calculating secrecy, they must harbor a flair for misdirection, and they must choose freely to abdicate responsibility while victimizing others. Emotionally, psychopaths should not feel remorse for their actions, and may benefit from the capacity to experience exuberance over their wicked ways, which tends to be the most compelling trait of psychopaths in films. This study delves into these tendencies as represented in the characters created in movies from classics through modern film, focusing on the question of the psychopath's possession of the aptitude to commit undue harm.

Wayne Wilson is Professor of Psychology at Stephen F. Austin State University and author of Sexuality in the Land of Oz (University Press of America, 1994).

chapter 1 Preface
chapter 2 The 3/2 Model: Introduction; Evil Is; Evil's Imperfections; The Cinematic Psychopath
chapter 3 The Busy Psychopath: Character; Breach of Character; Mood & Circumstance; Materialism; Spiritualism; Justice and Keyser Soze
chapter 4 Bibliography
chapter 5 Film Index
chapter 6 Person Index
chapter 7 Subject Index
chapter 8 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.4.1999
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	143 x 217 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7618-1317-9 / 0761813179
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-1317-0 / 9780761813170
Zustand	Neuware