The daimonic development of the malevolent personality. Eighth Adult Development Conference (1993, Amherst, Massachusetts)

  • Examines the problem of evil. Modern psychological theories have not provided a cogent understanding of the >senseless< acts of cruelty and destructiveness that have become commonplace in society. The general approach for understanding malevolence is contained in the assumption that the childhood influences in the formation of character of the people involved are the sole crucial sources of all tragic events. The author argues that character is gradually molded by prior actions. Impulses to do good or evil occur continuously in daily life. Drawing from the theories of Erich FROMM, Hannah Arendt, and Ernest Becker, a 5- step theoretical delineation of the development of the malevolent personality is presented. These steps are illustrated with clinical vignettes.

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Author:Carl Goldberg
Parent Title (English):Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 35 (No. 3, Summer 1995), pp. 7-36.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1995
Release Date:2014/01/28
Format:PDF-scan to download
IdNo:Goldberg_C_1995
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):
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