Why Tyrants Go Too Far: Malignant Narcissism and Absolute Power

This article explores the puzzling behavior of tyrants who undermine themselves once in power. The realpolitik perspective and a variety of psychological frameworks are used to try to resolve this puzzle in the cases of several ancient and three contemporary tyrants. Although all the frameworks used...

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Publié dans:Political Psychology. - Wiley Periodicals, 1979. - 23(2002), 1, Seite 1-37
Auteur principal: Glad, Betty (Auteur)
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2002
Accès à la collection:Political Psychology
Sujets:Tyrants Narcissism Power Stalin Hitler Saddam Hussein Political science Behavioral sciences