Except the DSM definition went much farther than ordinary human frailty. Incidentally, Keith, the "youngest and most [conventionally] beautiful woman" is not necessarily the most gratifying -- either long term or immediately.
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Keith Hudson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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: > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of marc garrett > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:36 PM > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > 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 > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/2011/01/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Sandwichman
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