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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...nt Self-love: Narcissism Revisited http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S ... ... the two over-riding themes of the antisocial personality disorder (still labelled by many professional authorities "psychopathy" and "sociopathy")... ... an overwhelming dysphoria and an even more overweening drive to assuage this angst by belonging. The psychopath is an unhappy person. He is besieg... ...uing this goal. Ripley's reality test is maintained throughout the film. In other words - while he gradually merges with the object of his admirin... ...of both loved ones and the occasional prying acquaintance. At least twice he utters words of love as he actually strangles his newfound inamorato an... ... comprehend. Psychopaths are inhuman in the most profound sense of this compounded word. Their emotions and conscience have been amputated and repl... ...lanting some remotely readable signaling device inside them (such as a RFID - Radio Frequency ID chip). Both present additional difficulties. The s... ...litics ("World in Conflict and Transition"). Owner of the Narcissistic Abuse Study Lists and the Abusive Relationships Newsletter (more than 6,000 ...

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