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244 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
It may strike the reader that I quite often refer to literature. In my opinion, literary works are closer to human reality than is, for instance, psychological research, which is much too strongly oriented toward the myth of realism and the power structures resulting from it. . .So literary figures are better than psychological research because, um, he thinks so (WTF?!). And anyone who criticizes his use of extreme anecdotes is just one of the self-hating fuckwads he's talking about anyway.
In order to illustrate my views with empirical cases, I sometimes turn to examples that may seem to represent extremes of human behavior. Perhaps some people will not find these examples significant, because their internal structure will not allow them to see the continuum running through the great diversity of human behavior. Such an attitude, however, simply mirrors the widespread denial of the ties that link us all together. xi-xii
. . . people who previously have seemed normal suddenly exhibit surprising psychopathic reactions accompanied by blind and destructive rage precisely when they have been wounded in their self-esteem. There have been countless examples of this in war and in cases of business failure.Yes, so many cases that he will not describe even one.