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Criminologie

Politiques de rage et narcissisme malinJodi M. Lane and Stephen A. Kent

Volume 41, Number 2, automne–hiver 2008Les organisations dites sectes, les lois et la société

URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/019435arDOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/019435ar

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Publisher(s)Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal

ISSN0316-0041 (print)1492-1367 (digital)

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Cite this articleLane, J. M. & Kent, S. A. (2008). Politiques de rage et narcissisme malin.Criminologie, 41(2), 117–155. https://doi.org/10.7202/019435ar

Article abstractIn this article, a personality disorder known as “malignant narcissism” ispresented. This notion is then used to explain the creation of organizationalpolicies against perceived enemies that reflected this narcissistic rage. Weillustrate our argument by the analysis of a case study in which it is shown thatthe leader attempted to discredit the detractors of the group, thus transposingthe narcissistic rage into organizational policies that loyal members enacted onhis behalf. By using psychological insights about the leader’s personality, andthen showing how that personality translated into socially deviant policies andactions, we hope to encourage criminologists to examine other groups byapplying similar theories.