The Psychology of Collective Narcissism : : Insights from Social Identity Theory.

• Author: Golec De Zavala, Agnieszka.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2023.; Ã2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (251 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: How psychological research on collective narcissism came to be -- The idea -- The levels of the self-concept -- The Frankfurt school -- The status theorists -- The Collective Narcissism Scale -- The contribution -- There is such a thing as collective narcissism -- Individual difference variable -- A belief about a group, any group -- An aspect of ingroup identification -- Motivated social cognition -- Situations that increase collective narcissism -- References -- 1. How does narcissism become collective? -- Narcissism and destruction of democratic societies -- Individual narcissism: Disorder and personality feature -- Models of narcissistic personality -- Narcissism and interpersonal aggression -- Narcissism and outgroup hate -- How does narcissism become collective? -- The "narcissistic epidemic -- The culture of narcissism -- Individual belief about the ingroup -- A chance for a non-narcissistic culture? -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 2. "Dark side of ingroup love": Collective narcissism and ingroup identification -- Aspects of ingroup identification -- Meaning -- Centrality, attachment, and solidarity -- Value and esteem -- The link between self-esteem and collective narcissism -- Superiority and entitlement -- Dark side of ingroup love -- Collective self-esteem contingent competition -- Insecure social identity -- Ingroup glorification -- Collective narcissism and ingroup satisfaction -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. National narcissism, nationalism, and patriotism -- Nationalism -- Definition of national identity -- Nationalism and patriotism -- Genuine patriotism -- Blind patriotism -- Nationalism and national narcissism -- Patriotism as a remedy for nationalism -- Conclusion -- References.

4. Collective narcissism, intergroup threat, and intergroup hate -- Aggression -- Military aggression -- Terrorism -- Retaliatory hostility -- Schadenfreude -- Antagonistic mindset -- Hostile attribution bias -- Zero-sum beliefs and perceived deprivation -- Ultimate attribution error -- Intergroup threat as a source of collective narcissism -- Ingroup misrecognition threat -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Collective narcissism and prejudice: Politics of hate -- Collective narcissism and politics of hate -- Racism, anti-Semitism, prejudice towards minorities -- Sexism -- Prejudice toward immigrants and refugees -- Prejudice towards sexual minorities -- Reducing hate at high levels of collective narcissism -- Ingroup satisfaction -- Emotional deficits of collective narcissism -- Mindfulness -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Collective narcissism and social exclusion -- Angry White men" and exclusion of women -- Delusion of exclusion: Reactions to exclusion in advantaged groups -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. Collective narcissism of populism -- Collective narcissism and populist voting -- Collective narcissism and populist policies -- Climate change denial -- COVID-19 and medical populism -- Against the ingroup -- Collective narcissism of populist rhetoric -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Revolutionaries in reverse: Collective narcissism and political orientation -- Political conservatism -- Collective narcissism, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation -- Rejection of democracy and preference for ruthless leaders -- Moral intuitions of collective narcissism -- Revolutionaries in reverse -- Left-wing authoritarianism -- Anti-establishment orientation -- Conclusion -- References -- 9. Collective narcissism and pursuit of equality -- Collective narcissism in advantaged groups -- Collective narcissism and ethnocentric projection.

Collective narcissism and legitimization of inequality -- Collective narcissism as an incentive to pursuit of equality -- Collective narcissism in disadvantaged groups is still collective narcissism -- Collective narcissism as an obstacle to pursuit of equality -- Relevance for social justice research -- System justification -- Collective action -- Ingroup harmony and recategorization -- Conclusion -- References -- 10. "To the point of irrationality": Collective narcissism and conspiracy theories -- The link between collective narcissism and conspiracy theories -- Robust and specific -- Directional -- Moderated by content -- Collective narcissism as motivated social cognition -- Directional motives -- Self-importance -- Justification of oppression and hostility -- Meaning maintenance motive -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.