There's an all-enveloping destructiveness in Donald Trump's character and in his psychological tendencies. But I've focused on what professionally I call solipsistic reality. Solipsistic reality means that the only reality he's capable of embracing has to do with his own self and the perception by and protection of his own self. And for a president to be so bound in this isolated solipsistic reality could not be more dangerous for the country and for the world. He's not psychotic, but I think ultimately this solipsistic reality will be the source of his removal from the presidency.
In early psychoanalytic thought, narcissism was - and still, of course, is - self-love. The early psychoanalysts used to talk of libido directed at t… - Robert Jay Lifton
In early psychoanalytic thought, narcissism was - and still, of course, is - self-love. The early psychoanalysts used to talk of libido directed at t…
- Robert Jay Lifton
The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform's trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its… - Robert Jay Lifton
The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform's trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its…
With the nuclear threat we know that if sufficient weapons are used, human civilization - all of humankind - could be extinguished literally by "nucl… - Robert Jay Lifton
With the nuclear threat we know that if sufficient weapons are used, human civilization - all of humankind - could be extinguished literally by "nucl…
While Donald Trump doesn't have any systematic ideology, he does have a narrative, and in that narrative, America was once a great country, it's been… - Robert Jay Lifton
While Donald Trump doesn't have any systematic ideology, he does have a narrative, and in that narrative, America was once a great country, it's been…
For anyone with the traits - of feeling himself victimized, of seeking to be the strongman who resolves everything, yet sees truth only through his o… - Robert Jay Lifton
For anyone with the traits - of feeling himself victimized, of seeking to be the strongman who resolves everything, yet sees truth only through his o…
There's an all-enveloping destructiveness in Donald Trump's character and in his psychological tendencies. But I've focused on what professionally I … - Robert Jay Lifton
There's an all-enveloping destructiveness in Donald Trump's character and in his psychological tendencies. But I've focused on what professionally I …
In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self nor foreig… - Robert Jay Lifton
In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self nor foreig…
The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are … - Robert Jay Lifton
The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are …
There is a movement of more people recognizing global warming as a danger, recognizing the human contribution to global warming, recognizing the nece… - Robert Jay Lifton
There is a movement of more people recognizing global warming as a danger, recognizing the human contribution to global warming, recognizing the nece…
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