The Lucifer Syndrome

Narcissism and Evil

Maria Hsia Chang (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

205 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5367-1 (ISBN)

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This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to narcissism and its connection to evil, including psychology, mythology, theology, ethics, political science, and history. Cross-cultural myths have warned humanity of the perils of narcissism. The book argues that narcissism was the first sin of our first parents, Adam and Eve, as well as a sin before theirs—that of the fallen angel Lucifer. To that end, the nature and physics of angels are explored, and an account of why Lucifer rebelled against God. The psychology of narcissism is elucidated, including the most destructive narcissism—that of malignant narcissism and its role in the Lucifer Syndrome. Individual and collective examples of the Lucifer Syndrome are presented—those of serial killers, mass murderers, and the malignant nationalism of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. As such, the book is suitable for and will appeal to a wide readership of professionals, college students, and laypersons.

Maria Hsia Chang is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA, and an Adjunct Professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, USA, since Spring 2008. She is the co-author of Political Populism in the Twenty-First Century: We the People (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021); the author of four books: Falun Gong: The End of Days (2004), Return of the Dragon: China's Wounded Nationalism (2001), The Labors of Sisyphus: The Economic Development of Communist China (1998); the co-author of four other books and monographs; as well as the author of 36 journal articles and 12 book chapters.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-0364-5367-7 / 1036453677
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5367-1 / 9781036453671
Zustand	Neuware