Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Putin's Perilous Psychic Affliction

Psychoanalytic Reflections on How Psychopaths Face End Times (Vol 2; Issue 26)

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Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
Jul 05, 2023
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Differentiating between malignant narcissism (Kernberg, 1984, 2007) and psychopathy remains difficult. Individuals in the former category enjoy a modicum of a conscience; latter ones not even a sliver. The tenuous status of Putin’s psyche, particularly since the Saturday, June 24th mutiny, requires no such distinctions. Putin is metaphorically looking i…

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