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
