Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin - The Cost of Malignant Leadership

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership attempts to explore the core psychodynamics that appear to characterize Vladimir Putin's presidency.

List of contents

1. A Model of Malignant Narcissism 2. Does the Model Fit Putin? 3. Incredibly Wealthy, Catastrophically Impoverished (Regarding Humanity, Love, Empathy, Values): Whatever Happened to You, Vladimir Putin? 4. The "Empire of Lies": Russia’s War in Ukraine 5. The Leader‑Follower Relationship 6. Vladimir Putin and the Pathologies of Modernity 7. Nuclear Blackmail

About the author

Richard Wood, PhD, is a psychoanalytically oriented clinical psychologist based in Ontario, Canada, with over 45 years of experience. He is the author of A Study of Malignant Narcissism (Routledge).

Summary

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership attempts to explore the core psychodynamics that appear to characterize Vladimir Putin’s presidency.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wood
• Assisted by: Richard Wood (Editor), Wood Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032454085
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245408-5
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political leaders & leadership, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Political leaders and leadership, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis