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...
Publié dans: | Political Psychology. - Wiley Periodicals, 1979. - 23(2002), 1, Seite 1-37 |
---|---|
Auteur principal: | |
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 |
Accès en ligne |
Volltext |