In the first session of the new ponerology book workshop, we briefly covered some of the introductory material, as well as some assorted topics like:
the history of the study of authoritarianism, and why leftwing authoritarianism has only been studied in the last several years
the right/left dichotomy, and why Lobaczewsi’s normal/pathological is better
how pathocrats use ideology and partisan politics to their advantage
why decentralization of power is useful as a means to prevent and combat pathocracy
how psychopaths do not view reality through normal human “lenses”—it’s all about power games
and more!
During the next session, we will be discussing Chapter 1 (Introduction) and part of Chapter 2 (“Some Indispensable Concepts”), up to the subsection “Society.” For readers with the print copy, this will be pages 1 through 38.
The next session is scheduled for December 9 and 12:30 pm.
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