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Hubris Syndrome - Acquired Narcissism

Hubris syndrome:
Need to protect our society and civilization
Introducing his term the hubris syndrome, Owen wanted to establish 'causal link between holding power
and aberrant behavior that has the element of mental instability about it'. The hubris syndrome includes the
Behavior seen in a person who: 1. sees the world as a Place for self-glorification through the use of power¸ 2.
Has a tendency to take action primarily to enhance personal image, 3. Shows disproportionate concern for
image and presentation, 4. exhibits messianic zeal and exaltation in speech, 5. Conflates, invents self within
Organization, 6. Uses the royal 'we' in conversations, 7. Shows excessive self-confidence, 8. manifestly has
contempt for others, 9. shows accountability only to a higher court (history or God), 10. displays the unshakable
belief that he will be vindicated in that court 11. Can loose Loses contact with reality when under duress.  12. Resorts to restlessness and Impulsive actions when nessessary  13. allows moral rectitude to obviate consideration of practicality, cost or outcome, and 14. Displays incompetence with disregard for the nuts and bolts of policy-making.

This syndrome is associated
With the possession of power, especially with power which has been linked with exorbitant success. Rules,
Laws, morals and conventions are considered to be inapplicable to those who believe they are above all that
Issues. Hubris syndrome is close to the concept of the  political type of personality that is characterized by
Concern with power over other people and being in charge of events (see Corsini 2002), but it represents the
Dangerous power intoxication with tragic consequences for individual and for wider society. The hubris
Syndrome is in many  aspects close to narcissistic personality disorder (7 of the 14 defining behaviors of
The hubris syndrome are among the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder), antisocial personality
Disorder and histrionic personality disorder.
Key to diagnosis of the hubris syndrome is a position of
Substantial power for a certain period of time as a precursor of the syndrome developing. The hubris
syndrome is likely to abate once power is lost. In Greek myths, the hubris often afflicted rulers and
conquerors who abused their power and authority to gratify their own vanity, ambition and selfish interests.
According to the logic of the ancient myths, we should have in mind the dynamics linking hubris and Nemesis.
Jungians takes the cyclic hubris-nemesis dynamic quite seriously. Namely, hubris above all is what attracted
Nemesis, the goddess of fate and divine revenge who then retaliated to humiliate and destroy the pretender,
Often through terror and devastation (Ronfeldt 1994). The sentence “The  same people that warships you when you
Are going up, will kick you on the way down“illustrates hubris-nemesis complex in the  celebrity world. According
To Ronfeldt (1994) the list of international figures whose mindsets combine hubris and nemesis includes
Adolph Hitler, Phidel Castro, Ayatollah Khomeini, Sadam Hussein, Mohammad Khadafi.  Examples of hubris without much nemesis might include Charles de
Gaulle, Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi, Eva and Huan Peron, and perhaps Manuel Noriega and Aron Sharon,
While the impulses of nemesis without much hubris appear in figures like Mahathma Ghandi, Ernesto,  Ho Chi Minh, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Jr.  Some cultures
And subcultures, for example the toxic subculture of celebrity, and some social conditions, are supposed to
Be more susceptible than others to hubris-nemesis dynamics. The wars in former Yugoslavia 1990-1995
Was  closely associated with different issues of political psychopathology.
Pathological strivings for status, rank, and power can take many forms including hubris syndrome and
Narcistic personality disorder, and may be associated with a huge addictive potential. The human ego is more
Vulnerable to the development of acquired narcissism than is generally believed. Hubris syndrome is a serious
Social problem which in different ways can affect the continuance of our civilization. We are all dependent
Upon the good judgment and decisions of our political leaders, especially at times of crisis and war. That's why

Political leaders need self-control as well as external restraints.

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