Description
Book SynopsisThe Psychology of Collective Narcissism is a ground-breaking text that presents a new theory of collective narcissism, a belief that exaggerated greatness of one's own group should be but is not sufficiently appreciated by others.
The book presents this concept against the background of social identity theory and research. It explores antecedent as well as social and political consequences of collective narcissism. The author discusses how this burgeoning theory and research can help to elucidate a wide range of psychological dynamics involved in pressing societal issues, such as the declining appeal of democracy, increasing populism, decreasing social solidarity, increasing societal polarization and prejudice, intergroup hostility and political violence, social inequality, and fake news and belief in conspiracy theories. Also referring to societal problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this highly topical work explores socially shared beliefs as risk factors
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Psychology of collective narcissism
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- How does narcissism become collective?
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- ‘Dark side of ingroup love’: Collective narcissism and ingroup identification
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- National narcissism, nationalism, and patriotism
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- Collective narcissism, intergroup threat, and intergroup hate
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- Collective narcissism and prejudice: Politics of hate
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- Collective narcissism and social exclusion
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- Collective narcissism of populism
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- ‘Revolutionaries in reverse’: Collective narcissism and political orientation
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- Collective narcissism and pursuit of equality
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- ‘To the point of irrationality’: Collective narcissism and conspiracy theories
