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Cargando... Wisdom of Psychopaths (edición 2013)por Kevin Dutton (Autor)
Información de la obraThe Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success por Kevin Dutton
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Some interesting information but sloppily organized and written. One of the traits psychopaths have an abundance of is focus so its a shame the author isn't one. ( ) I wasn't going to read this book because the main argument is silly. Would it be nice not to feel fear sometimes? Yes. Would it mostly be a disadvantage though? Yes. (the life expectancy of a psychopath is 50) Would it be nice not to worry about how other people feel sometimes? Yes. Would that mostly be terrible though? Yes. So I figured the book would be what I said above, then yet another explanation of the Milgram and Standford experiments, bit of game theory, then something about Enron, an inverview with Robert Hare, a list of occasions when being a psychopath is helpful, the end. Actually, even though he doesn't prove there's any wisdom in psychopathy at all, it's a really good read. Lots of science and experiments that I hadn't read about before and proper, full explanations that meant I learned something even when it was a topic I was already familiar with. (And he skims over the Stanford prison experiment, thank goodness, as soon as I heard the name "Zimbardo" I thought "here we go!" but it was over super quick) There's a lot of 1 2 = 13 but that's ok, we all used a dodgy argument to tie together interesting ideas for an essay at some point, didn't we? Just me? It gives structure to the book. Daniel Goleman's book "Focus" got a lot of criticism for not doing this, for not having one unifying theme, so what can you do? The connection between equanimity, mindfulness, and psychopathy is a very real one, it's a pity there was no nod to the people trying to make sure that "McMindnfulness" doesn't get separated from the practices of cultivating compassion. (nice free short-course that goes into this a little here: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mindfulness-mental-healt... It's a bit tone deaf at times. One example is that he talks about sex workers being murdered right before a poem about a moth and a flame that goes: we get bored with routine and crave beauty and excitement fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while I think that would have been better after talking about Andy McNab for example. Separated from the murder of women by a whole chapter or at least a centered tilde Over all a very nice pop psychology book, not what I expected. I suppose I would have named it "Some Stuff about Psychopaths and Psychology" and done it with no argument, but I doubt anyone would have liked that. [ 3.5 stars.. I don't think I'll click on them because it will actually hurt the books average if I give it 3 ]
The Wisdom of Psychopaths is an engaging and enlightening look at both the positive and negative sides of the personality characteristics that make up the diagnosis of psychopathy. But what [Cambridge University research psychologist] Mr. Dutton really brings to the table is a self-reflective look at what it means to be fully human, with both good and evil capacities. Pertenece a las series editorialesdtv (34823)
“No siento compasión por ellos. Soy como una maquina fría y sin corazón, me hago con el escalpelo, taladro y sierro. La emoción va muy mal para el negocio.” Esta frase, propia de un escalofriante asesino en serie, la pronuncia James Geraghty, uno de los neurocirujanos más reputados del Reino Unido. Y es que cuando hablamos de psicópatas nos vienen a la cabeza personajes, reales o ficticios, como Hannibal Lecter, el carnicero de Milwaukee o Dexter. Y, sin embargo, en este libro no sólo se habla de ellos. En él salen otros nombres como los de Neil Armstrong, Bill Clinton, Vincent Van Gogh, John Stuart Mill o J. F. Kennedy. Porque según Kevin Dutton, psicópatas hay muchos y en absoluto tienen por qué ser criminales o asesinos. La psicopatía es solo un índice de esa “escala de locura” en la que estamos todos nosotros, y existe una línea de separación muy fina entre el perfil de un neurocirujano y el de un asesino en serie. Se puede decir, por tanto, que los psicópatas gozan de rasgos tremendamente positivos e imprescindibles para triunfar en el siglo XXI: son atrevidos, carismáticos, implacables, centrados, fríos y seguros de sí mismos. Este libro es un recorrido intelectual que combina el conocimiento científico sobre el cerebro humano con una crónica que recorre desde monasterios secretos a prisiones de máxima seguridad, pasando por campos de entrenamiento de las Fuerzas especiales. Provocador y sorprendente al mismo tiempo, La sabiduría de los psicópatas revela una verdad chocante; tras su oscura fachada, los psicópatas tienen mucho que enseñarnos. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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