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- Title
Authoritarian Sadism in U.S. “Foreign Policy”.
- Authors
MANSON, WILLIAM C.
- Abstract
Supreme political ambition has frequently been motivated by a single-minded quest to attain “power-over,“ which in itself may compensate for deep-rooted feelings of insecurity and humiliation. Authoritarian domination serves the grandiose, retaliatory narcissism of such powerful “leaders,” who subjectively experience sadistic satisfaction in destroying, and/or forcing into submission, “enemies” with little power to resist. In this paper, such latent motivations in the “foreign policy” of three recent leaders are examined.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL relations; SADISM; SECURITY (Psychology); SATISFACTION; HUMILIATION; NARCISSISM; AMBITION
- Publication
Journal of Psychohistory, 2024, Vol 51, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
0145-3378
- Publication type
Article