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Sam Vaknin

Sam Vaknin

Website: http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/

Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, and eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.

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Twitter: Narcissism or Age-old Communication?
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (4 requests)
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It has become fashionable to castigate Twitter - the microblogging service - as an expression of rampant narcissism. Yet, narcissists are verbose and they do not take kindly to limitations imposed on them by third parties. They feel entitled to special treatment and are rebellious. They are enamored with their ... Read more (1498 words)
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The Concepts of Boundary and Trace - Part II
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (2 requests)
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(continued from part I) Gottlob Frege coined the term Bedeutung (reference) to describe the mapping of words, predicates, and sentences onto real-world objects, concepts (or functions, in the mathematical sense) and truth-values, respectively. The truthfulness or falsehood of a sentence are determined by the interactions and relationships between the references ... Read more (1354 words)
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Global Warming and Climate Change as Opportunities
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (5 requests)
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How must society adapt to rapid climate change to minimise severe upheaval? The question makes two explicit assumptions, both of which are controversial and disputed: that climate change is rapid and that it will result in severe upheaval. Similarly, it is not clear whether the best reaction to global warming ... Read more (681 words)
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Macedonians in Denial about the Name Issue Dispute with Greece
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (12 requests)
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Faced with an unprecedented choice between their identity and their future, Macedonians resort to a classic psychological defense mechanism: denial. Greece demands that the Republic of Macedonia change its name, or else forget about its Euro-Atlantic aspirations: NATO membership and EU accession. Macedonians react with horror and revulsion to such ... Read more (779 words)
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Theodicy: The Problem of Evil - Part I
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (16 requests)
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''There is nothing that an omnipotent God could not do.' 'No.' 'Then, can God do evil?' 'No.' 'So that evil is nothing, since that is what He cannot do who can do anything.' Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480? - 524?), Roman philosopher and statesman, The Consolation of Philosophy "An implication ... Read more (1417 words)
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The Britannica 2010 Victorious?
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (18 requests)
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With the demise of Microsoft's Encarta (it has been discontinued) and the tribulations of the Wikipedia (its rules have been revamped to resemble a traditional encyclopedia, alienating its contributors in the process), the Encyclopedia Britannica 2010 (established in 1768) may have won the battle of reference. The Encyclopedia Britannica 2010 ... Read more (1364 words)
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Dreams of Mental Illness - Part III
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (1 request)
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(continued from part II) He finds himself, in the middle of the road of life, in the ugly place that is his soul. The young woman is only a promise. There is another woman "old, with heavy make-up, poorly dyed hair, loud, obnoxious, drunk". This is his mental disorder. It ... Read more (1572 words)
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Miracles, Wonders, Signs: God's Interactions with the World - Part II
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (17 requests)
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(continued from Part I) In summary: Man-made laws are oft violated (ask any prosecutor) - why not natural ones? The very word "violation" is misleading. Criminals act according to their own set of rules. Thus, criminal activity is a violation of one body of edicts while upholding another. Similarly, what ... Read more (1082 words)
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Using Data from Nazi Medical Experiments
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (26 requests)
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"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ... Read more (1929 words)
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A Typology of Codependence and the Dependent Personality Disorder
Submitted by Sam Vaknin on 2009-10-26 (14 requests)
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Typology of Codependents Codependence is a complex, multi-faceted, and multi-dimensional defence against the codependent's fears and needs. There are four categories of codependence, stemming from their respective aetiologies: (i) Codependence that aims to fend of anxieties related to abandonment. These codependents are clingy, smothering, prone to panic, are plagued with ... Read more (1238 words)

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