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The Psychopath in Film Wayne Wilson

The Psychopath in Film By Wayne Wilson

The Psychopath in Film by Wayne Wilson


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The Psychopath in Film by Wayne Wilson

The Psychopath in Film examines the cognitive and emotional proficiency of psychopaths at surviving the goodness juggernaut using a model that takes into account three different levels of cognition and two levels of emotion. The prominent force of the soulless creature created in the cinema schemes as a connoisseur of evil. However, the psychopath must work at making evil work. Wayne Wilson assembles the cognitive and emotional fundamentals essential for evil's success. Cognitively, the psychopaths must possess the ability to maintain a calculating secrecy, they must harbor a flair for misdirection, and they must choose freely to abdicate responsibility while victimizing others. Emotionally, psychopaths should not feel remorse for their actions, and may benefit from the capacity to experience exuberance over their wicked ways, which tends to be the most compelling trait of psychopaths in films. This study delves into these tendencies as represented in the characters created in movies from classics through modern film, focusing on the question of the psychopath's possession of the aptitude to commit undue harm.

About Wayne Wilson

Wayne Wilson is Professor of Psychology at Stephen F. Austin State University and author of Sexuality in the Land of Oz (University Press of America, 1994).

Table of Contents

chapter 1 Preface chapter 2 The 3/2 Model: Introduction; Evil Is; Evil's Imperfections; The Cinematic Psychopath chapter 3 The Busy Psychopath: Character; Breach of Character; Mood & Circumstance; Materialism; Spiritualism; Justice and Keyser Soze chapter 4 Bibliography chapter 5 Film Index chapter 6 Person Index chapter 7 Subject Index chapter 8 About the Author

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NLS9780761813170
9780761813170
0761813179
The Psychopath in Film by Wayne Wilson
New
Paperback
University Press of America
1999-04-18
322
N/A
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