Dangerous Liaisons: How to Recognize and Escape from Psychopathic Seduction

Claudia Moscovici

doi:10.5771/9780761855705

Summary

What do Scott Peterson, Neil Entwistle and timeless literary seducers epitomized by Don Juan and Casanova have in common? They are charismatic, glib and seductive men who also embody the most dangerous human qualities: a breathtaking callousness, shallowness of emotion and the incapacity to love. In other words, these men are psychopaths. Unfortunately, most psychopaths don’t advertise themselves as heartless social predators. They come across as charming, intelligent, romantic and kind. Through their believable “mask of sanity,” they lure many of us into their dangerous nets. Dangerous Liaisons explains clearly what psychopaths are, why they act the way they do, how they attract us and whom they tend to target. Above all, this book helps victims find the strength to end their toxic relationships with psychopaths and move on, stronger and wiser, with the rest of their lives.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2011
Copyright Year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-5569-9
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-5570-5
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 219
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
1. 1. Charismatic Psychopaths: Mark Hacking and Neil Entwistle No access
2. 2. What is a Psychopath? Close Readings of Hervey Cleckley's The Mask of Sanity No access
3. 3. Psychopaths and Pathological Lying No access
4. 4. The Psychopath's Antisocial Behavior No access
5. 5. Psychopaths as Lovers No access
6. 6. Psychopaths and Failure No access
1. 1. The Case of Drew Peterson No access
2. 2. Red Flags: How to Identify a Psychopathic Bond No access
3. 3. The Process of Psychopathic Seduction: Idealize, Devalue and Discard No access
4. 4. Artistic Psychopaths: The Case of Picasso No access
5. 5. The Psychopathic Seducer in Literature: Benjamin Constant's Adolphe No access
6. 6. The Women Who Love Psychopaths No access
7. 7. Coping Mechanisms for Staying with a Psychopath No access
1. 1. Escaping the Psychopath No access
2. 2. Understanding the Science Behind the Disorder No access
3. 3. The Two Phases of Mourning: The Rational and the Emotional No access
4. 4. Sharing Information with Others No access
5. 5. Resisting Family/External Pressure to Stay with the Psychopath No access
6. 6. Know your Worth: A Healthy Self-Esteem is the Key to a Good Life No access
7. 7. Conclusion: Reclaiming Your Life: Asserting Your Agency and Your Boundaries No access
Notes No access Pages 189 - 214
Bibliography No access Pages 215 - 217
Additional Resources: Websites No access Pages 218 - 218
About the Author No access Pages 219 - 219