The Anatomy of Evil
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1633883353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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All readers." --Choice "This is a very readable bookthese pages prompted a good deal of reflection and conversation. "True crime readers and those interested in learning more about the possible motivations of torturers and deranged killers will want to give this a look.The nature of the crimes, the sheer depth of evil makes this as terrifying a read as any thriller and worse, the villains are real." --Monsters and Critics "Psychiatrist Stoneprovides an etymology of evil with case studies of over 600 violent criminals, giving readers a comprehensive picture of the nature and varieties of human evil. In this spirit, I would recommend the book to you."--American Journal of Psychiatry. Stone hopes that it will help us understand and judge the criminals whose criminal impulses cause such terrible suffering." --Sacramento Book Review"This excellent study of evil and forensic psychiatry will be valuable to anyone interested in why people commit evil acts. Recommen
Stone explores the concept and reality of evil from a new perspective. Stone takes a clarifying scientific approach to a topic that for centuries has been inadequately explained by religious doctrines. Stone has created a 22-level hierarchy of evil behavior, which loosely reflects the structure of Dante's Inferno. Basing his analysis on the detailed biographies of more than 600 violent criminals, he traces two salient personality traits that run the gamut from those who commit crimes of passion to perpetrators of sadistic torture and murder. He predicts a day when certain persons can safely be declared salvageable and restored to society and when early signs of violence in children may be corrected before potentially dangerous patterns become entrenched.. One trait is narcissism, as exhibited in people who are so self-centered that they have little or no ability to care about their victims. In an in-depth discussion of the personality traits and behaviors that constitute evil across a wide spectrum, Dr. FROM NARCISSISM TO AGGRESSION, AN ORIGINAL LOOK AT THE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND BEHAVIORS THAT CONSTITUTE EVILIn this groundbreaking book, renowned psychiatrist Michael H. The other is
From 2006 to 2008, he was the host of Discovery Channel's series Most Evil and has been featured in the New York Times, Psychology Today, the Christian Science Monitor, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, the London Times, the BBC, a