Sam Vaknin

Rasputin in Transition

The mad glint in his eyes is likely to be nothing more ominous than maladjusted contact lenses. If not clean shaven, he is likely to sport nothing wilder than a goatee. More likely an atheist than a priest, this mutation of the ageless confidence ar... Read >

The Myths of Yugoslavia - Part I

In her book "The Culture of Lies", University of Pennsylvania, 1998, the Croatian writer Dubravka Ugresic says: "The Yugoslav war is a dispiriting tale about human solidarity. Very few people sympathized with the Slovenes, when the war began, just ... Read >

The Myths of Yugoslavia - Part II

6. Serbs were always anti-Western and the USA was First Involved Militarily in the Balkans during the Kosovo Crisis The First World War pitted the most unlikely enemies against one another. Austria, Turkey's most avowed enemy, attacked Turkey's o... Read >

The Myths of Yugoslavia - Part III

12. The Disintegration of Yugoslavia was Inevitable Milosevic came to power (1987-9) on waves of popular support for his rabid nationalism and fake anti-establishment credentials. His first actions were directed at the Kosovo Albanians. He revoked ... Read >

To Give with Grace

To Give with Grace By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" Yankee Go Home. Nato is Nazo. American trash culture. The graffiti adorn every wall, the contempt seems to be universal. America and Americans are perceived... Read >

The Future of the Book

The Future of the Book By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" One of the first acts of the French National Assembly in 1789 was to issue this declaration: "The free communication of thought and opinion is one of the ... Read >

The Golden Sham - Privatizing with Golden Shares

The Golden Sham - Privatizing with Golden Shares By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" In a rare accord, both the IMF and independent analysts, have cautioned Bulgaria in early 2002 that its insistence on keeping g... Read >

The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Revisited By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" It is easy to confuse the concepts of "virtual reality" and a "computerized model of reality (simulation)". The former is a self- contained Universe, replet... Read >

The Medium and the Message

The Medium and the Message By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" A debate is raging in e-publishing circles: should content be encrypted and protected (the erstwhile Barnes and Noble or Digital goods model) - or sho... Read >

The Technology of Law, The Law of Technology

The Technology of Law, The Law of Technology By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" "The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make it its home for... Read >

The Eureka Connection

The Eureka Connection By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" A common, guttural cry of "Eureka" echoed as the peoples of East Europe and the Balkans emerged from the Communist steam bath. It was at once an expression... Read >

The Expat Experts

The Expat Experts By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Lewis Carroll wrote: "Curtsy while you're thinking of something to say. It saves time." What a missed career. He should h... Read >

The Encroachment of the Public

The Encroachment of the Public By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" As Aristotle and John Stuart Mill observed, the private sphere sets limits, both normative and empirical, to the rights, powers, and obligations... Read >

Jamaican OverDrive - Outsourcing and Offshoring Case Study

Jamaican OverDrive - Outsourcing and Offshoring Case Study By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tried and failed to find proof or traces of widespread ... Read >

Knowledge and Power

Knowledge and Power By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" "Knowledge is Power" goes the old German adage. But power, as any schoolboy knows, always has negative and positive sides to it. Information exhibits the sam... Read >