1st Edition
Malignant Narcissism and Power A Psychodynamic Exploration of Madness and Leadership
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Malignant Narcissist Leader: A Psychological Autopsy of Bishop Frederick Ladysmith-Jones
Review of the Literature
Psychological Autopsy of a Malignant Narcissist
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Assessment of the Malignant Narcissist Leader: Clinical Features, Selected Psychodynamic Epidemiological Items, and Interdisciplinary Observations
Malignant Narcissism in a Leader: Broad Assessment and Analytic Recommendations
Clinical Features and Interdiscplinary Observations of the Malignant Narcissist Leader Profile
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Sympathy for the Devil: Application and Limitations of the Malignant Narcissist Diagnosis
The Client: Robert Green
Conclusion
Chapter 4: The Patho-Dynamics of Totalitaria: How Mad Leaders Form Followers and Gain Ascendance
Cult or High-Pressure Group: Synonymous Terms with a Range of Meanings
How the MNL Colonizes the Organization
The Followers: Various Types and Singular Madness
The Authoritarian Personality and the Cults of Influence Related to the Rise of Donald Trump
Treatment Options for Survivors of Cults
Conclusion
Chapter 5: A Totalitarian Sampler: The Mad Leader in Context of the Cultic OrganizationCategories of Cults
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneesh Movement: a predominantly spiritual/human potential high-pressure group, with commercial and political sub-features
Tony Alamo and the Alamo Christian Foundation: a predominantly spiritual/human potential high-pressure group, with commercial and political sub-features
Keith Raniere and NXIVM: predominantly commercial high-pressure group, with spiritual/human potential and political sub-features
Roger Ailes and Fox News: a predominantly political highpressure group, with commercial and spiritual/human potential sub-features
Marshall Applewhite and Heaven’s Gate: a predominantly spiritual/human potential high-pressure group, with commercial and political sub-features
Marcus Wesson’s Christo-Vampire Family Cult: a spiritual/human potential high-pressure group, with few political or commercial features
Shoka Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo: a spiritual/human potential high-pressure group, with political and commercial features
Conclusion
Chapter 6: The Perversion of Utopia: Malignant Narcissist Leaders and the Transcendental
The Rise of the Modern Tyrant
Utopia and Its Perversion
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Zeiders and Devlin Dialogue: Etiology, Sexuality, and a Primal Horde of Horrible Insights Useful for Research
Introduction
Zeiders and Devlin Dialogue
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Charles Zeiders , PsyD, is the T.S. Eliot Lecturer for Humanities and Spiritual Psychology, Reformed Episcopal Seminary in metropolitan Philadelphia, USA. A clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. Zeiders is an expert clinician and psychopathologist. His books include The Clinical Christ, Faith, Forensics, and Firearms, as well as volumes of depth-psychological poetry.
Peter Devlin , LGSW, is a psychotherapist at Capitol Hill Consortium in Washington, DC. He received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MSW from the University of Southern California. His research interests include trauma and the psychology of power.
