How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcissists, and Psychotic Visionaries

by Christopher J. Ferguson

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This book considers the impact of psychology on world events, looking at how mental illness and personality disorders have affected history.How have mental illness and personality disorders influenced history? This lively investigation demonstrates that, when conditions are ripe, one unstable individual can create the best or worst moments of a generation or even a century.Beginning with Alexander the Great, whose megalomania caused widespread bloodshed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1633885747

ISBN13:9781633885745

Release Date:April 2020

Publisher:Prometheus Books

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 8.6"

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History Psychology

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