Flandre

1931 · 033492 — New Haven: Yale University Press 1931. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Xii 521 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. American First Printing. Covers Immaculate Gilt Brilliant But Spine Cloth Browning. Hinges Tight. No Names Or Marks. Tiny Frays At Corners. A Discussion Of A Psychological Label Applicable When Behavior Of The Individual Is Causing Criminal Harm To Others Without Compunction. The Analysis Makes Clear That Psychologists Will Stigmatize Actions "Causing Harm" But Avoids Discussion Of The Mental Characteristics Of People Who Cause Harm Intentionally Or Carelessly To Other People In Ways Not Strictly Illegal Or Intentional. Sociopathy Is Everywhere But Unfortunately It Is Not Found Unacceptable By The Medical Or Legal Professions Except When Existing Law Is Found To Be Indisputably Personally And Intentionally Violated But That Is Really A Criminal Not A Psychological Matter And Illegality Should Not Be A Medical/Psychological Measure; A Person Deriving Pleasure From Causing Pain Is Found "Sick" But A Person Who Causes Much More Harm Such As Causing Deaths Of Thousands Of People With Government-Sanctioned Business Practices State Aggression Medically Fatal Pollution Etc. Acting Just For Patriotism Or Profit Is Well Normal If A Profit Or Party Loyalty Motive Is Found. This Would Lead For Example To The Finding That Nazi Party Activists Were Not Sociopathic An Absurd Finding. But No One In Government Medicine Law Or Psychology Really Wants To Think Deeply About This Since The Nineteenth Century. Too Much Money Is At Stake. Neither Hitler Nor The Grossest Environmental Polluters Are Considered Psychopathic. <br/> <br/> Yale University Press hardcover