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awards, among them the Israeli Education Ministry

Prize (Literature) - 1997, The Rotary Club Award for Social Studies -

1976, and the Bilateral Relations Studies Award of the American Embassy

in Israel - 1978.

 

Hundreds of professional articles in all fields of finances and the

economy, and numerous articles dealing with geopolitical and political

economic issues published in both print and Web periodicals in many

countries.

 

Many appearances in the electronic media on subjects in philosophy and

the sciences and concerning economic matters.

 

Write to Me:

 

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Psychology:

 

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Philosophy:

 

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Malignant Self Love

 

Narcissism Revisited

 

The Book

 

“Narcissists live in a state of constant rage, repressed

 

aggression, envy and hatred. They firmly believe that

 

everyone is like them. As a result, they are paranoid,

 

aggressive, haughty and erratic. Narcissists are

 

forever in pursuit of Narcissistic Supply.

 

They know no past or future, are not constrained by any

 

behavioural consistency, ‘rules’ of conduct or moral

 

considerations. You signal to a narcissist that you are a willing

 

source - and he is bound to extract his supply from you.

 

This is a reflex.

 

He would have reacted absolutely the same to any other

 

source. If what is needed to obtain supply from you is

 

intimations of intimacy - he will supply them liberally.”

 

This book is comprised of two parts.

 

The first part is an exposition of the various psychodynamic

 

theories regarding pathological narcissism and

 

a proposed new vocabulary.

 

The second part contains 99 Frequently Asked Questions related

 

to the various aspects of pathological narcissism,

 

relationships with abusive narcissists, and the

 

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

 

The Author

 

Sam Vaknin was born in Israel in 1961. A financial consultant

 

and columnist, he lived (and published) in 11 countries.

 

He is a published and awarded author of short fiction and

 

reference and an editor of mental health categories in various

 

Web directories. This is his twelfth book.

 

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