Dangerous Liaisons

How to Recognize and Escape from Psychopathic Seduction

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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What do Scott Peterson, Neil Entwistle and timeless literary seducers epitomized by Don Juan and Casanova have in common? They are charismatic, glib and seductive men who also embody the most dangerous human qualities: a breathtaking callousness, shallowness of emotion and the incapacity to love. In other words, these men are psychopaths. Unfortunately, most psychopaths don’t advertise themselves as heartless social predators. They come across as charming, intelligent, romantic and kind. Through their believable “mask of sanity,” they lure many of us into their dangerous nets. Dangerous Liaisons explains clearly what psychopaths are, why they act the way they do, how they attract us and whom they tend to target. Above all, this book helps victims find the strength to end their toxic relationships with psychopaths and move on, stronger and wiser, with the rest of their lives.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-09-20
Mått155 x 230 x 16 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor230
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761855699

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ContentsIntroduction Part I. What is a Psychopath? 1. Charismatic Psychopaths: Mark Hacking and Neil Entwistle2. What is a Psychopath? Close Readings of Hervey Cleckley’s The Mask of Sanity 3. Psychopaths and Pathological Lying4. The Psychopath’s Antisocial Behavior5. Psychopaths as Lovers6. Psychopaths and Failure Part II. The Process of Psychopathic Seduction 1. The Case of Drew Peterson2. Red Flags: How to Identify a Psychopathic Bond3. The Process of Psychopathic Seduction: Idealize, Devalue and Discard4. Artistic Psychopaths: The Case of Picasso5. The Psychopathic Seducer in Literature: Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe6. The Women Who Love Psychopaths7. Coping Mechanisms for Staying with a PsychopathPart III. How to Save Yourself from Psychopathic Seduction 1. Escaping the Psychopath2. Understanding the Science Behind the Disorder3. The Two Phases of Mourning: The Rational and the Emotional4. Sharing Information with Others5. Resisting Family/External Pressure to Stay with the Psychopath6. Know your Worth: A Healthy Self-Esteem is the Key to a Good Life7. Conclusion: Reclaiming Your Life: Asserting Your Agency and Your BoundariesNotes BibliographyAdditional Resources: Websites About the Author

As a clinical specialist in psychopathy, I find that nobody addresses this personality disorder more trenchantly, and with more penetrating insight, than Claudia Moscovici. . . . Dangerous Liaisons examines the dynamics of this puzzling, chilling personality and applies its insights to real-life, contemporary examples of psychopaths in the news. Moscovici has written a book from which anyone (curious lay person or seasoned clinician) interested in how psychopaths insinuate themselves into our lives, leaving behind a trail of devastation, will benefit immensely.