Sam Vaknin
Author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East.
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The European Union as a Fear-driven, Defensive, and Phobic ProjectWhen communism crumbled, the resulting new and liberated states feared the clutches of a resurgent Russia.
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Democracy is Not for the Third WorldThe sad truth is that Omar Suleiman, Egypt's much-reviled Vice-President, is right; Egyptians are not ready for a democracy because they have never had one and because they are politically immature.
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Dancing as an Evolutionary StrategyIn times past, the dance-hall was the only venue open to prospective partners to gather such fitness data.
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Corporate and Product Brands as StereotypesBut if brands are stereotypes, do they usefully represent real knowledge or merely reflect counter-productive prejudice?
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Can Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Inflation Figures Be Trusted?GDP figures are not an exact science. All over the world, GDP numbers are politicized and subject to heavy manipulation.
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The Aging Narcissist"Old" is commonly thought of as an adjective which bundles together objective physical and mental changes (for the worse).
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Narcissists: Somatic Vs. CerebralThe somatic narcissist flaunts his sexual conquests, possessions, muscles, physical aesthetics. The cerebral narcissist is a know-it-all, haughty and intelligent "computer". -
Greek-Macedonian Name Issue Myths DebunkedThe truth is that the "Name Issue" cannot be resolved because the diametrically-opposing positions of the parties occupy the same semantic and geopolitical space.
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The Film "Inception" and Its ErrorsThe film's fundamental assumption is that dreams are objective entities, akin to buildings whose existence is independent of the observer and are, therefore, accessible to all and sundry.
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Envy as the Foundation of CapitalismConservative sociologists self-servingly marvel at the peaceful proximity of abject poverty and ostentatious affluence in American - or, for that matter, Western - cities.
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Economic Trust and Mistrust Numerical IndexI suggest a simple index of economic trust with the following variables, all of which are scored on a scale of 1 to 10.
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Deflation in the USA and Its Effects on Consumption and InvestmentFor deflation to happen in the USA, an unlikely confluence of economic developments and policy errors must occur.
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A Classification of Lies and ConfabulationsLies are about facts or about states of being. Lies that pertain to facts cannot be rendered true by widespread consensus.
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The Agent-Principal Problem in PoliticsIn truth, the politician has a single and exclusive role: to get re-elected.
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Narcissists Lack EmpathyNarcissists and psychopaths lack empathy. This deficiency renders them emotionally and cognitively crippled. -
Britannica's Reference GalaxyThe Britannica's rich online content adds context and dollops of information to the already unsurpassed DVD (see below).
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Basel III and the Safety of BanksThe Basel III regime has to be fully implemented by 2019, a concession to under-capitalized banking sectors in various EU members (notably Germany).
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Aliens '˜R UsAlien beings may not be alive in any sense of this ambiguous and loaded word. They may not eat, drink, excrete, reproduce, grow, die, process information, or move.
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Israel and Turkey: The Impossible AlliancePrior to 2008, it has been a common '" and misleading '" truism that relations between Turkey and Israel have never been better.
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Italy Will Kill the Euro - Not Spain or PortugalItaly cannot levy additional taxes on its faltering economy and would rather minimize its borrowing abroad, the yield on its bonds having soared together with the other PIIGS (the five eurozone members afflicted with systemic risk).
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Korea: Imminent UnificationThe regime in North Korea is all but dead on its feet. These are its last days.
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The Narcissist in the WorkplaceManage your narcissistic boss. Notice patterns in his bullying. Is he more aggressive on Monday mornings - and more open to suggestions on Friday afternoon? Is he amenable to flattery?
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Narcissism in the BoardroomThe narcissist regards himself as one would an expensive present, a gift to his company, to his family, to his neighbours, to his colleagues, to his country.
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The Typology of Financial ScandalsBut why must pyramid schemes fail? Why can't they continue forever, riding on the back of new money and keeping every investor happy, new and old?
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Maritime PiracyPiracy is "any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed by individuals (borne aboard a pirate vessel) for private ends against a private ship or aircraft (the victim vessel)".
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Why Do We Love Sports?In sports, there is always a second chance, often denied us by Life and nature.
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Why Do We Love Pets?In the case of pets, projection works through anthropomorphism: we attribute to animals our traits, behavior patterns, needs, wishes, emotions, and cognitive processes.
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Surviving the NarcissistThe victims of the narcissist's abusive conduct resort to fantasies and self-delusions to salve their pain. -
What Really Happened on September 11?If we were not really attacked by Muslims on 9/11, these two wars - Afghanistan and Iraq - were equally unjustified (as well as equally illegal under international law).
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Barack Obama - Narcissist or Merely Narcissistic?Obama's early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and mentally bruising dislocations.
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Microsoft's Student and Encarta Premium 2009MS Student does not spoon-feed its users. It does not substitute for thinking or for study. On the contrary, by providing structured stimuli, it encourages the student to express his or her ideas. -
The Encyclopedia Britannica 2009Don't think twice. Run to the closest retail outlet (or surf to the Britannica's Web site) and purchase the 2009 edition now.
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Narcissist Vs. PsychopathThere are some important nuances setting the two disorders apart. -
Why Obama Will Be Worse Than BushBarack Obama appears to be a narcissist.
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Afghan MythsThe Taliban was not a creation of Pakistan, although Pakistan was among several states that contributed to the genesis and development of this peculiar movement.
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Do Narcissists Have Emotions?Narcissism Isolates the narcissist from the pain of facing reality and allows him to inhabit the fantasyland of ideal perfection and brilliance. -
The Economics of Conspiracy TheoriesNew Order one world government, Zionist and Jewish cabals, Catholic, black, yellow, or red subversion, the machinations attributed to the freemasons and the illuminati - all flourished yet again from the 1970's onwards.
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Nigerian ScamsIt is a scam two decades old - and it still works.
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Narcissists and Psychopaths on the InternetThe Internet caters to our narcissistic traits and propensities and allows us to become "celebrities-by-replication".
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Sexual FetishismThere are three types of fetishes.
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The Narcissist's Addiction to Fame and CelebrityBecause the narcissist equally enjoys all types of attention and likes as much to be feared as to be loved, for instance - he doesn't mind if what is published about him is wrong ("as long as they spell my name correctly").
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Technical Vs. Fundamental Analysis of StocksTechnical analysts have flourished and waned in line with the stock exchange bubble. -
Narcissistic and Psychopathic LeadersThe narcissistic leader is the culmination and reification of his period, culture, and civilization. He is likely to rise to prominence in narcissistic societies.
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Secession, National Sovereignty, and Territorial IntegrityTraditionally, the international community has been reluctant to treat civil strife the same way it does international armed conflict.
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The World of the Narcissistic PsychopathThe world, relationships, and mind of one narcissistic psychopath -
The Pathology of LoveUsing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Andreas Bartels and Semir Zeki of University College in London showed that the same areas of the brain are active when abusing drugs and when in love.
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Narcissists, Narcissistic Supply and Sources of SupplyIf these - adulation, admiration, attention, fear, respect, applause, affirmation - are not forthcoming, the narcissist demands them, or extorts them.
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The Basic Dilemma of the ArtistThe function of bridging the gap between our idiosyncratic, private languages and a more universal one was relegated to a group of special individuals called artists.
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The Rights of AnimalsLaw professor Steven Wise, argues in his book, "Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights", for the extension to animals of legal rights accorded to infants.
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SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and the Aliens ConundrumHow come we never encountered an extraterrestrial, let alone spoken to or corresponded with one?
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The Natural Roots of SexualityIt now appears that sex is also about recreation as it frequently occurs out of the mating season. And same-sex copulation and bonding are common in hundreds of species, from bonobo apes to gulls.
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Folie a PlusieursTo create a long-lasting, all-pervasive, credible, and influential delusional belief on a global scale, one would need to recruit a source of unimpeachable authority.
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The Capgras Shift"Then why don't you simply alter your will and let them know about it? Announce the changes in a family gathering! That way they will lose all interest in you and move on to their next victim! That way, all incentives to murder you will be removed, you see."
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Digital Object Identifiers - DOIThe Association of American Publishers (APA) has an Enabling Technologies Committee. Fittingly, at the Frankfurt Book Fair of 1997, it announced the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) initiative.
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Born AliensThe womb is a self-contained though open (not self-sufficient) ecosystem. The Baby's Planet is spatially confined, almost devoid of light and homeostatic.
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Russia's Second EmpirePutin is authoritarian, but not revolutionary.
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The Narcissist and His FamilyWhomever the narcissist perceives to be in competition for scarce Narcissistic Supply (attention) is relegated to the role of the enemy.
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Your Paranoid ExThe paranoid's conduct is unpredictable and there is no "typical scenario". But experience shows that you can minimise the danger to yourself and to your household by taking some simple steps.
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Narcissism at a GlancePathological narcissism is a pattern of thinking and behaving in adolescence and adulthood, which involves infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of others.
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Narcissism and AddictionThe concepts of "addiction" and "(pathological) narcissism" were introduced to account for oft-recurring amalgams of behaviors, moods, emotions, and cognitions.
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The Demise of the Work EthicWhatever happened to the work ethic? Where is the pride in the immaculate quality of one's labor and produce?
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The Encyclopedia Britannica 2008In its new form, the Britannica is as user-friendly as the Encarta. With monthly updates and the aforementioned 6-12 months of free access to its impressive powerhouse online Web site, it is bound to give the former close competition.
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Psychological Defense MechanismsAccording to Freud and his followers, our psyche is a battlefield between instinctual urges and drives (the id), the constraints imposed by reality on the gratification of these impulses (the ego), and the norms of society (the superego).
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The Business of TortureAs awareness of human rights increased, as their definition expanded and as new, often authoritarian polities, resorted to torture and repression - human rights advocates and non-governmental organizations proliferated.
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The Argument for TortureIn Israel, the Supreme Court upheld the right of the state to apply 'moderate physical pressure' to suspects in ticking bomb cases.
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The Guilt of the Abused - Pathologizing the VictimAbusive behavior did not make it into the diagnostic criteria of mental health disorders, nor were its psychodynamic, cultural and social roots explored in depth.
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) at a GlanceAs distinct from healthy narcissism which we all possess, pathological narcissism is maladaptive, rigid, persisting, and causes significant distress, and functional impairment.
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Microsoft Student 2008The previous versions of Encarta included a host of homework tools. Two years ago, these have evolved into a separate product called Microsoft Student.
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Regulate the Internet!These are the minimal, initial steps that have to be taken in order to forestall a meltdown of this indispensable utility, the Internet.
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Money Laundering in a Changed WorldIsrael has always turned a blind eye to the origin of funds deposited by Jews from South Africa to Russia. In Britain it is perfectly legal to hide the true ownership of a company.
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The Wikipedia - Can Teenagers Write an Encyclopedia?The truth is that teenagers cannot do the referencing and research that are the prerequisite to serious scholarship - unless you stretch these words to an absurd limit.
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Anarchism for a Post-modern AgePrimitivist and green anarchists reject technology, globalization, and capitalism as well as the state. Yet, globalization, technology, (and capitalism) are as much in opposition to the classical, hermetic nation-state as is philosophical anarchism.
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The Dialogue of DreamsTo be effective, dreams must come equipped with the key to their interpretation. We all seem to possess an intuitive copy of just such a key, uniquely tailored to our needs, to our data and to our circumstances.
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Psychological Signs and SymptomsSymptoms are the patient's complaints. They are highly subjective and amenable to suggestion and to alterations in the patient's mood and other mental processes. Symptoms are no more than mere indications. Signs, on the other hand, are objective and measurable.
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The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism"Democracy" is not the rule of the people. It is government by periodically vetted representatives of the people.
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Impeachment of the President of the United States of AmericaIn the hallways of the Smithsonian, two moralists are debating the impeachment of the President of the United States of America.
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A Dialog About Anti-SemitismThe rising tide of anti-Semitism the world over is universally decried. The proponents of ant-Semitism are cast as ignorant, prejudiced, lawless, and atavistic. Their arguments are dismissed off-handedly.
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The Inverted NarcissistTo "qualify" as an inverted narcissist, you must CRAVE to be in a relationship with a narcissist, regardless of any abuse inflicted on you by him/her.
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Parapsychology and the ParanormalAs many scholars noted, psi (psychic) and other anomalous phenomena and related experiments can rarely be reproduced in rigorous laboratory settings.
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Just WarIn an age of terrorism, guerilla and total warfare the medieval doctrine of Just War needs to be re-defined.
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Ethical Relativism and Absolute TaboosTaboos regulate our sexual conduct, race relations, political institutions, and economic mechanisms - virtually every realm of our life.
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The Merits of StereotypesDo stereotypes usefully represent real knowledge or merely reflect counter-productive prejudice?
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The Roots of Anti-AmericanismThe United States is one of the last remaining land empires. That it is made the butt of opprobrium and odium is hardly surprising, or unprecedented.
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Abortion and the Right to LifeIf abortion is murder - why punish it so mildly? Why is there a debate regarding this question?
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Euthanasia and the Right to DieAs long as non-voluntary and involuntary types of euthanasia are treated as felonies, it seems safe to allow patients to exercise their personal autonomy and grant them the right to die.
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The Myth of the Earnings YieldThe dwindling of dividends has implications which are nothing short of revolutionary.
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The Roots of PedophiliaThe pedophile - similar to the autistic patient - misinterprets the child's body language and inter-personal cues.
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On the Incest Taboo - the Offspring of AeolusIncest is not such a clear-cut matter as it has been made out to be over millennia of taboo.
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NGOs - the Self-Appointed AltruistsAlways self-appointed, they answer to no constituency. Though unelected and ignorant of local realities, they confront the democratically chosen and those who voted them into office.
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The Six Sins of the WikipediaThe Wikipedia poses such low barriers to entry (anyone can edit any number of its articles) that it is already attracting masses of teenagers as "contributors" and "editors", not to mention the less savory flotsam and jetsam of cyber-life.
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Psychological TestsPersonality assessment is perhaps more an art form than a science.
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The Ecology of EnvironmentalismIndustrialists, politicians and economists have only recently begun paying lip service to sustainable development and to the environmental costs of their policies.
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Euro - the History of Previous Currency UnionsPeople felt the need to create a uniform medium of exchange as early as in Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe.
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Cannibalism and Human SacrificeCannibalism (more precisely, anthropophagy) is an age-old tradition that, judging by a constant stream of flabbergasted news reports, is far from extinct.
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The Insanity of the DefenseIf mental illness is culture-dependent and mostly serves as an organizing social principle - what should we make of the insanity defense (NGRI- Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity)?
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Wall Street, October 1929The greatest analysts with the most impeccable credentials and track records failed to predict the forthcoming crash and the unprecedented economic depression that followed it.
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Hawala: The Bank that Never WasIn the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the USA, attention was drawn to the age-old, secretive, and globe-spanning banking system developed in Asia and known as "Hawala" (to change, in Arabic).
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The History of Personality DisordersIn 1835, the British J. C. Pritchard, working as senior Physician at the Bristol Infirmary (hospital), published a seminal work titled "Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders of the Mind". He, in turn, suggested the neologism "moral insanity".
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The Psychology of TortureIn a way, the torture victim's own body is rendered his worse enemy.
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Serial and Mass KillersScholarly literature, biographical studies of serial killers, as well as anecdotal evidence suggest that serial and mass killers suffer from personality disorders and some of them are also psychotic.