I don't think that narcissism (or egotism, vanity, conceit, selfishness)
are socially deviant. They are part and parcel of human nature. We may be
social mammals but we are also individuals underneath. A male, given the
opportunity will have sex with the youngest and most beautiful woman he can
find. A woman, looking for a parental partner will choose the most
economically secure man she can conveniently find. Neither gives a great
deal of thought to the longer tomorrow, only to their immediate needs.
Narcissism , egotism, vanity, conceit, selfishness, among other "sins" were
abstractions used as control devices by male religion organizers, not to
mention the very real sufferings they've imposed on others throughout history.
Keith
At 17:31 09/01/2011 -0800, Mike Gurstein wrote:
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Subject: [NetBehaviour] Narcissism normalised.
Narcissism normalised.
"Recently a NYTimes (http://is.gd/i3Cj9) article announced that
narcissism is being deleted from the tomb for psychiatric disorders.
Narcissism will not appear in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (due out in 2013, and known as
DSM-5). What happens when what was once morally objectionable behaviour
( egotism, vanity, conceit, selfishness) is no longer a 'legitimate'
social deviance? Is narcissism now so deeply embedded in the collective
psyche that it is now 'normal'? Is this the ultimate end of the
neo-liberal exhalation of the individual, celebrity culture, a century's
worth of advertising and the corporatisation of everyday life?"
http://ecolabs.posterous.com/narcissism-normalized
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