- Paperback: 438 pages
- Publisher: Narcissus Publications,Czech Republic; 1 edition (Feb 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 8023833847
- ISBN-13: 978-8023833843
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 14 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 406,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Katherine Theriault, Inscriptions Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 20
"...This book has an important purpose. I am sure it will be appreciated in a library,classroom or among the mental health profession."
A.M. Benis, Sc.D., M.D., Mount Sinai Hospital, New-York, Author of Towards Self and Sanity - On the Genetic Origins of the Human Character
"The strength of this book comes from the author's vantage point: he is a Narcissist (with a capital N). He is an 'insider,' who discovered that he has the unbridled trait of narcissism and that this was the source of many of the difficulties in his professional and personal life. So we shall say at the outset that if you wish to get under the skin of a Narcissist (we shall call him the 'N type'), if you wish to get to know how he thinks and feels and why he behaves as he does, then this is the book for you. Of particular interest is Dr. Vaknin's description of one type of symbiotic relationship between and N type and a submissive type (his particular 'danse macabre') in which the Narcissist's partner is tolerant of the abuse that he receives to the point of 'masochism.' This symbiotic relationship is somewhat reminiscent of Karen Horney's 'morbid dependency' between an aggressive type and a submissive type."
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book makes a spellbinding read. It includes a lucid and scathing exposure of what narcissism can do to narcissists and to their victims. It's a self help tome coupled with an erudite and astute presentation of the tortuous path perplexed scholars weaved throughout centuries of trying to get a handle over this outlandish mental health disorder. But it is the book's forte that is also it's weakness: it is not balanced. The author's self loathing, intellectualization and emotional constipation leap out of every page. His effort to invent a new psychodynamic language is admirable but lopsided at best. Great entertainment but handle with care otherwise.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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"Malignant Self Love" literally saved my life, I'm happy to sing it's praise. This book documented with such exactness the patterns of narcissist pathology that it has given me much needed clarity on a very difficult and confusing personal situation. I have since passed the book on to a friend who is trying to get out of a similar type of situation and he refers to "Malignant Self Love" as his "Bible". Michelle.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I found Dr. Vaknin's 80 or so page excerpt quite by accident when I was in so much emotional pain in trying to deal with a narcissistic person that I doubted my own sanity. Out of the nearly one hundred other books I had read in order to make some sense out of what I had been going through it was the first and only material that even began to explain what the players in both sides of this extraordinarily difficult dilemma have to deal with and gave me the courage to do what I had to do to make the changes necessary to improve my life. Dr. Vaknin's exhortation to 'do the right thing' has become a mantra I now use in everyday life to keep things on track. It should be required reading for anyone in therapy for this condition or those trying to deal with narcissists. When I first read this, I thought Dr. Vaknin had a narcissistic significant other who had caused him great pain-I did not know he was dealing with his own agony-that makes the text more compelling and now I realize why it rang so true. Please buy this book for self help and to help others. I have shared it with others who are amazed at how many questions it answered for them. 48 year old real estate agent.
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I can only say ,that the book was what i paid for, it was a gift to some one else.she was very happy with it .
Published 17 months ago by mac
a weak book that may be unintentionally insightful
My three star rating averages two stars for the quality of the book assessed in the usual way, and four stars for the possibly unintentional insights offered by the author, a... Read more
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Gives you ultimate understanding
We are all narcissists to some extent but if you are someone that tries to understand how someone is feeling and reason why someone acts in a certain way, then this does not apply... Read more
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Truly a life-saving book....
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An insightful view
Sam Vaknin's study of narcissism is truly insightful. The author has done problably more than anyone else to educate others to this poorly understood condition. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2002
An insightful view
Sam Vaknin's study of narcissism is truly insightful. The author has done problably more than anyone else to educate others to this poorly understood condition. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2002 by Sam Vaknin
A must for those wanting to understand Narcissism!
For many years Narcissism was extremely difficult to describe. But now, for the first time, Dr. Vaknin offers much-needed first hand account of what Narcissistic Personality... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2001
Truly Informative
After having supervised a narcissist for 4 years and struggling with how to deal with him, I found this book to be extremely enlightening. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2001
Excellent Book for Understanding Narcissistic Personality
If you want to understand Narcissistic Personality Disorder from the best, don't look any further. I cannot recommend this book enough to those of you who have this disorder, to... Read more
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Victim of a Victim
I am the victim of my mother who has NPD - Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I can't describe in words how heartbreaking it is to realize what your mother is and what she has done... Read more
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