
Pathocracy - Psychology Today
May 21, 2024 · Pathocracy is arguably one of the biggest problems in the history of the human race. History has been a saga of constant conflict and brutality, with groups of people fighting against one...
Pathocracy, or how psychopathy takes over a society
Mar 15, 2022 · Pathocracy, identified by the Polish psychologist Andrzej Lobaczewski, is the condition where government of a society is dominated by those with psychopathological disorders.
Pathological power: the danger of governments led by narcissists …
Sep 19, 2019 · Democracy is an essential way of protecting people from pathological politicians, with principles and institutions that limit their power (the Bill of Rights in the US, which guarantees certain...
From Democracy to Pathocracy: The Rise of the Political Psychopath
Mar 31, 2016 · Once psychopaths gain power, the result is usually some form of totalitarian government or a pathocracy. "At that point, the government operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups," author James G. Long notes.
From Democracy to Pathocracy: The Rise of the Political Psychopath
Mar 29, 2016 · Once psychopaths gain power, the result is usually some form of totalitarian government or a pathocracy. “At that point, the government operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups,” author James G. Long notes.
Pathocracy: When people with personality disorders gain power
His experience of these horrors led Lobaczewski to develop the concept of "pathocracy." This is when individuals with personality disorders (particularly psychopathy) occupy positions of power. (1) Lobaczewski devoted his life to studying human evil, a field which he called "ponerology."
Disordered Leaders - Psychology Today
Oct 7, 2020 · A lesser known – but unfortunately common – form of government is pathocracy, which literally means government by people with personality disorders. In most cases, this means people with...
The problem of pathocracy - BPS
Sep 27, 2021 · He began to study the relationship between power and personality disorders – like psychopathy – and coined the term 'pathocracy' to describe the phenomenon. As he put it, pathocracy is a system of government 'wherein a small pathological minority takes control over a society of normal people'.
Pathocracy | Psychology Today Ireland
Pathocracy is arguably one of the biggest problems in the history of the human race. History has been a saga of constant conflict and brutality, with groups of people fighting...
Psychology’s role in preventing pathocracy | BPS
Oct 26, 2021 · Steve Taylor's analysis of pathocracy (November issue) is timely. We live in frightening times, both politically and ecologically, and historical precedents should alert us to the potential for things to develop in even more frightening directions.