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"Narcissism: Denial of the True Self" in New York

There are many ways of understanding narcissism, and Alexander Lowen has an interesting perspective. Rather than focusing on the harm narcissist cause others, he focuses on the subset of narcissists who harm themselves from, as he entitled his book, their "denial of the true self." An Amazon.com review summarized Lowe's ideas perfectly: Rather than the state of haughty self-absorption it is often made out to be, narcissism is in fact a form of slavery to a false image of the self. The theory that narcissism is actually a symptom of self-alienation, that can be relieved by bringing the sufferer back into contact with those portions of the self that he or she has banished, is most liberating. Lowen makes his points using understated, elegant prose that is more evocative of a collegial conversation than an argument...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 16, 2011 (boomark / email).