Narcissists in politics

Authors

  • Wolfgang Schmidbauer

Abstract

Scientifically seen, all people are narcissists. If some politicians are described as narcissist in comparison with other politicians, one can say that this is a pharisee projection. The example of Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysi shows that it is important to look at the differences in the narcissistic structure, while it is superficial to draw a sharp contrast between narcissist and nonnarcissist.

Keywords Narcissist; Power; Politics; Media; Pharisee

Author Biography

Wolfgang Schmidbauer

Dr. phil. Dipl.-Psych. Wolfgang Schmidbauer studierte Psychologie, Pädagogik, Kulturanthropologie und Psychopathologie. Tätigkeit als freier Schriftsteller in Deutschland und Italien. Ausbildung zum Psychoanalytiker. Gegenwärtig Lehranalytiker in München. Um die 35 Buchveröffentlichungen.

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80805 München, Deutschland

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Published

2006-04-01

How to Cite

Schmidbauer, W. (2006). Narcissists in politics. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (2), 89–90. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/327

Issue

No. 2 (2006): Psychotherapie Forum 14/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

Section

Special Issue

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