The Emptied Soul: On the Nature of the Psychopath

By Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig

Here an attempt is made to detect psychopathy in all its danger, but also in its tragedy. Guggenb?hl-Craig aims to help identify psychopaths, to protect themselves from them, and to understand their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882143719
• ISBN13: 9780882143712
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Spring Publications
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Brutally honest depiction

Provides a clear view into the world of the sociopath/psychopath... a great read for anyone interested in human behavior.

wonderful working about mattes of psychopath

the emptied soul is about the nature of psychopath and here we find some connection with psychopathy the eros and morality.Wonderful working from a very good pychologist.

Deep Insight

This book presents a distinctly different look at the questions posed about the nature of psychopathy, and society's response to it. One achieves both greater understanding, and insight into the importance of individual responsibility and free will, even in the alternate universe of the sociopath.

Astonishing!

This book is astonishing! It is a simple masterpiece. The author has given an amazing account of different types of psychopaths in the short, but oh so sweet, book.Guggenbuhl-Craig should write more books. His style is amazing- it is easy to comprehend and extremely intelligent.I applaud this book and its author. This is one of the best books on the subject I have ever read. Should get 10 Stars!!!

Excellent Jungian Analysis of The Psychopath

I run a website about this disorder, so anything on psychopathy is always of interest to me. I would recommend that before reading this book, however, the novice should start off with Dr. Robert Hare's book "Without Conscience..." and go on from there. Guggenbuhl-Craig's book is marvelous. A small gem of a book, and easy to read and digest. He speaks not only of the psychopath, his traits, and so forth, but explains to us the deeper mysteries of the psychopath's behaviours and thought processes. I thouroughly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in psychopathy, psychology, or just wants to learn more about this very much ignored disorder (every three out of ten men are estimated to have psychopathic personality disorder).