Das unersättliche Selbst – Thomas Arnold und Thomas Fuchs über Narzissmus

Narcissism is currently omnipresent - as a buzzword, moral accusation, social diagnosis or clinical finding. But what lies behind the term?
In The Insatiable Self, philosopher Thomas Arnold and psychiatrist Thomas Fuchstake an in-depth look at the phenomenon: the narcissistic self-relationship proves to be an expression of an existential emptiness - a lack of self-worth that can never be permanently satisfied by external affirmation, attractiveness or power. At the same time, narcissism is a mirror of the late modern soul: why does external affirmation never satisfy? What do social media, conspiracy theories and extreme politics have to do with narcissism? And is there such a thing as healthy narcissism? What can we learn by holding up a mirror to ourselves? Mod.: Gert Scobel