LEADER 03313oam 22004934a 450 001 9910229241103321 005 20240201195122.0 010 $a1-947447-17-3 024 7 $a10.21983/P3.0180.1.00 035 $a(CKB)4100000000981201 035 $a(OAPEN)1004647 035 $a(OCoLC)1048152239 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77027 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26556 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000981201 100 $a20170812d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Hegemony of Psychopathy$fLajos Brons 205 $a1st edition. 210 $aBrooklyn, NY$cpunctum books$d2017 210 1$aSanta Barbara, CA :$cPunctum Books,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (113 pages) $cillustrations; PDF, digital file(s) 311 08$aPrint version: 9781947447165 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aAny social and political arrangement depends on acceptance. If a substantial part of a people does not accept the authority of its rulers, then those can only remain in power by means of force, and even that use of force needs to be accepted to be effective. Gramsci called this acceptance of the socio-political status quo ?hegemony.? Every stable state relies primarily on hegemony as a source of control. Hegemony works through the dissemination of values and beliefs that create acceptance and that serve the interests of the state and/or the ruling elite (the ?hegemones?). Hegemony is most efficient if it remains invisible. A key hegemonic belief is the idea that there is no alternative to the current socio-political status quo or that the way things are is ?natural.? The current hegemony ? that is, the set of values and beliefs that bolster the current socio-political status quo ? is a hegemony of psychopathy: it promotes ?cultural psychopathy? and destroys empathy and compassion, thus threatening everything that makes us human. The hegemony of psychopathy is responsible for massive human suffering. It must be fought and replaced with a counter-hegemonic set of values and beliefs that promote compassion and care. Fighting hegemony requires fighting the ?pillars? that support it. Most important among these are the mass media and culture industry, and mainstream economics. The former is responsible for a continuous stream of hegemonic propaganda; the latter ? among others ? for providing a pseudo-scientific justification for the false belief that there is no alternative. The Hegemony of Psychopathy concludes with some considerations on tactics and strategy in the struggle against the hegemony of psychopathy, but does not ? and cannot ? offer any concrete advice. 606 $aSocial, group or collective psychology$2bicssc 610 $aHolocaust 610 $apsychology 610 $acompassion 610 $amassmedia 610 $aethics 615 7$aSocial, group or collective psychology 700 $aBrons$b Lajos$01022641 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910229241103321 996 $aThe Hegemony of Psychopathy$92429210 997 $aUNINA