In early psychoanalytic thought, narcissism was - and still, of course, is - self-love. The early psychoanalysts used to talk of libido directed at the self. That now feels a little quaint, that kind of language. But it does include… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports,… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
There's more and more recognition that a carbon economy is dangerous to us economically. And there is increasing recognition that renewable fuels have economic… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant, and often confused, and then I tried to put… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
And I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts. — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
Donald Trump gives the impression that he would like to govern by decree. He has that impulse in him and he wants to be a savior, so he says, in his famous phrase, "Only I can fix it!" That's a strange and weird statement for anybody to make, but it's central to Trump's sense of self and self-presentation. And I… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share
There are people who believe that there should be a standard psychiatric examination for every presidential candidate and for every president. But these are difficult issues because they can't ever be entirely psychiatric. They're inevitably political as well. I personally believe that ultimately ridding the country of a dangerous president or one who's unfit is ultimately a political matter, but… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share
One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
We have a duty to warn on an individual basis if we are treating someone who may be dangerous to herself or to others… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
“The ditties blend Japanese popular culture themes of saccharine, childlike goodness and viciously detached sadism, which Aum drew upon as it tapped the barely… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
The scientists who made the atomic bomb are, in my sense, people with a tragic destiny. You know, there was the US race with… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
“Psychologically, nothing is darker or more menacing, or harder to accept, than the participation of physicians in mass murder. However technicized or commercial the… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off if we're to… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
