The Insanity of Normality: Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness

Psychoanalyst Gruen argues that at the root of evil lies self-hatred, a rage originating in a self-betrayal that begins in childhood, when autonomy is surrendered in exchange for the "love" of those who wield power over us. He traces this pattern of adaptation and smoldering rebellion through a number of case studies, sociological phenomena, and literary worlds.Gruen, Arno is the author of 'The Insanity of Normality: Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness', published 2007 under ISBN 9780966990843 and ISBN 0966990846.