Feigning madness without becoming insane is a traditional Chinese stratagem recorded in Thirty-Six Stratagems,one of the most famous military works of ancient China.It can be seen in the military history and the polit...Feigning madness without becoming insane is a traditional Chinese stratagem recorded in Thirty-Six Stratagems,one of the most famous military works of ancient China.It can be seen in the military history and the political history of ancient China.It is a high-level psychological tactic,requiring the users to have extremely strong psychological resilience and great insight.Therefore,adopting the stratagem of feigning madness without becoming insane is the game of smart people.In brief,this stratagem is a kind of psychological defense tactic,helping the users protect themselves and gain enough time to prepare for the counterattack.About this stratagem,in ancient Chinese history,there were many successful examples.At the same time,failed cases are also worth studying.As a matter of fact,this traditional stratagem can be adopted in many different fields such as military,politics,and commerce.Thus,the research about this stratagem will be a good reference for the people of modern times.展开更多
This review presents unique information rarely seen in a description of a politically extreme right wing terrorist. During the trial following the terror acts in Norway on July 22nd 2011, the author, a forensic psychi...This review presents unique information rarely seen in a description of a politically extreme right wing terrorist. During the trial following the terror acts in Norway on July 22nd 2011, the author, a forensic psychiatrist was at the time engaged by a national Norwegian newspaper to comment on the court proceedings. The author has later thoroughly gone through all available background material such as the terrorist’s childhood, relationship to his mother, childhood psychological evaluation, the interviews made by the forensic psychiatrists and information from the police documents. This information is shared in the review. The author also discusses how it was possible for two pairs of court appointed experienced forensic psychiatrists to arrive at completely different conclusions. One pair concluded with insanity due to Paranoid Schizophrenia and the second pair found no signs of psychotic disorder at all and concluded with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The court found the terrorist capable to stand trial and sentenced him to 21 years in preventive detention with 10 years to be served before the possibility to apply for an appeal.展开更多
Norman Mailer has made a profound analysisof the mad logic of the Vietnam war in his Armiesof the Night, a novel of new journalism whichconcludes the schizophrenic environment of Ameri-can society is at the root of th...Norman Mailer has made a profound analysisof the mad logic of the Vietnam war in his Armiesof the Night, a novel of new journalism whichconcludes the schizophrenic environment of Ameri-can society is at the root of this lunatic war: "He (Norman Mailer) came at last to the saddest conclusion ... that the centre of America might be insane. The country had been living with a controlled, even fiercely controlled, schizophrenia which had been deepening with the years. Perhaps the point had now been passed." (AN. 188)Traditional Christianity as a unifying force inlife has been able for many years to keep somekind of sanity. But it may now be on the decline.展开更多
As if neurosis has become an epidemic disease,so many of the protagonists in American novelsof the 60s are mentally ill in one way or another:Herzog, with his wide-ranging disordered thoughts,is described psychologica...As if neurosis has become an epidemic disease,so many of the protagonists in American novelsof the 60s are mentally ill in one way or another:Herzog, with his wide-ranging disordered thoughts,is described psychologically as depressive andoccasionally paraniod. Yossarian, the absurdhero of Catch-22, is a manci depressive" withfear of conspired death as his main symptom.Oedina in The Crying of Lot 49 sincerely wishes shewere mentally ill after her long mysterious questafter an underground delivery system which mayeither be a real discovery or a paranoid fantasy.With numerous and murderous crimes on record,Howard Campell, a Nazi propagandist in MotherNight, is on the edge of madness and despair.展开更多
文摘Feigning madness without becoming insane is a traditional Chinese stratagem recorded in Thirty-Six Stratagems,one of the most famous military works of ancient China.It can be seen in the military history and the political history of ancient China.It is a high-level psychological tactic,requiring the users to have extremely strong psychological resilience and great insight.Therefore,adopting the stratagem of feigning madness without becoming insane is the game of smart people.In brief,this stratagem is a kind of psychological defense tactic,helping the users protect themselves and gain enough time to prepare for the counterattack.About this stratagem,in ancient Chinese history,there were many successful examples.At the same time,failed cases are also worth studying.As a matter of fact,this traditional stratagem can be adopted in many different fields such as military,politics,and commerce.Thus,the research about this stratagem will be a good reference for the people of modern times.
文摘This review presents unique information rarely seen in a description of a politically extreme right wing terrorist. During the trial following the terror acts in Norway on July 22nd 2011, the author, a forensic psychiatrist was at the time engaged by a national Norwegian newspaper to comment on the court proceedings. The author has later thoroughly gone through all available background material such as the terrorist’s childhood, relationship to his mother, childhood psychological evaluation, the interviews made by the forensic psychiatrists and information from the police documents. This information is shared in the review. The author also discusses how it was possible for two pairs of court appointed experienced forensic psychiatrists to arrive at completely different conclusions. One pair concluded with insanity due to Paranoid Schizophrenia and the second pair found no signs of psychotic disorder at all and concluded with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The court found the terrorist capable to stand trial and sentenced him to 21 years in preventive detention with 10 years to be served before the possibility to apply for an appeal.
文摘Norman Mailer has made a profound analysisof the mad logic of the Vietnam war in his Armiesof the Night, a novel of new journalism whichconcludes the schizophrenic environment of Ameri-can society is at the root of this lunatic war: "He (Norman Mailer) came at last to the saddest conclusion ... that the centre of America might be insane. The country had been living with a controlled, even fiercely controlled, schizophrenia which had been deepening with the years. Perhaps the point had now been passed." (AN. 188)Traditional Christianity as a unifying force inlife has been able for many years to keep somekind of sanity. But it may now be on the decline.
文摘As if neurosis has become an epidemic disease,so many of the protagonists in American novelsof the 60s are mentally ill in one way or another:Herzog, with his wide-ranging disordered thoughts,is described psychologically as depressive andoccasionally paraniod. Yossarian, the absurdhero of Catch-22, is a manci depressive" withfear of conspired death as his main symptom.Oedina in The Crying of Lot 49 sincerely wishes shewere mentally ill after her long mysterious questafter an underground delivery system which mayeither be a real discovery or a paranoid fantasy.With numerous and murderous crimes on record,Howard Campell, a Nazi propagandist in MotherNight, is on the edge of madness and despair.
