THE ANATOMY OF EVIL

Book ID/图书代码： 11070009B30621

English Summary/英文概要： The crimes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, and other high-profile killers are so breathtakingly awful that most people would not hesitate to label them “evil.” In this groundbreaking book, renowned psychiatrist Michael H. Stone—host of Discovery Channel’s former series Most Evil—uses this common emotional reaction to horrifying acts as his starting point to explore the concept and reality of evil from a new perspective. In an in-depth discussion of the personality traits and behavior that constitute evil across a wide spectrum, Dr. Stone takes a clarifying scientific approach to a topic that for centuries has been inadequately explained by religious doctrines.
Basing his analysis on the detailed biographies of more than 600 violent criminals, Stone has created a 22-level hierarchy of evil behavior, which loosely reflects the structure of Dante’s Inferno. He traces two salient personality traits that run the gamut from those who commit crimes of passion to perpetrators of the worst crimes—sadistic torture and murder. One trait is narcissism, as exhibited in people who are so self-centered that they have little or no ability to care about their victims. The other is aggression, the use of power over another person to inflict humiliation, suffering, and death.
Stone then turns to the various factors that, singly or intertwined, contribute to pushing certain people over the edge into committing heinous crimes. They include heredity, adverse environments, violence-prone cultures, mental illness or brain injury, and abuse of mind-altering drugs. All are considered in the search for the root causes of evil behavior.
What do psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience tell us about the minds of those whose actions could be described as evil? And what will that mean for the rest of us? Stone discusses how an increased understanding of the causes of evil will affect the justice system. He predicts a day when certain persons can safely be declared salvageable and restored to society and when early signs of violence in children may be corrected before potentially dangerous patterns become entrenched.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在人们眼中，Charles Manson，Ted Bundy和Jeffrey Dahmer等一帮罪恶滔天、令人胆颤的凶手无疑是十足的恶魔。本书极富开创性，作者麦克尔·斯通，著名精神病学家，曾任探索频道《极度罪恶》系列节目主持人，用全新的视角剖析罪犯的心理和罪案现实。书中深入介绍了罪犯的人格特征、行为特征，用清晰明了的科学方法探讨了这一问题，而这是宗教几百年来都无法解释清楚的。
作者独创了罪犯22级剖析，分析介绍了600例罪案，其罪恶程度堪比但丁的炼狱。作者分析了大部分罪犯的两大心理特征，从即兴罪犯到十恶不赦的变态杀人狂皆具有这两大特征。一是自恋心理，罪犯以自我为中心，不管受害者的死活。二是侵犯心理，利用暴力侮辱、折磨并杀害他人。
书中还分析了逼迫罪犯作案的各种单一或交互因素，包括不利的遗传、环境、文化、精神因素或状况等各种罪恶行径的罪恶根源。
心理学、精神病学、神经系统科学对这些恶魔的心理作出了怎样的剖析？对于我们又意味着什么？作者认为全民对于罪案诱因的了解将有效改善司法系统。他认为总有一天，有暴力倾向的孩子在彻底沦陷之前可接受完全改造，重返社会。(SJN)

Awards/获奖情况："...psychiatrist Stone...provides an etymology of evil with case studies of over 600 violent criminals, giving readers a comprehensive picture of the nature and varieties of human evil - useful to those seeking the neurological and psychiatric reasons people commit "evil" crimes." ---Library Journal Xpress Reviews (web-exclusive,) June 26, 2009 (joint review with Cruelty, Oxford University Press)

About the Author/作者介绍： Michael H. Stone, MD (New York, NY) is professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the author of ten books, most recently Personality Disorders: Treatable and Untreatable, and over two hundred professional articles and book chapters. He is also the host of Discovery Channel’s former series Most Evil and has been featured in the New York Times, Psychology Today, the Christian Science Monitor, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, the London Times, the BBAC, and Newsday, among many other media outlets.

作者麦克尔·斯通，医学博士，哥伦比亚大学内外科医学系教授，主攻临床精神病学。著有十本医学著作，发表两百多篇专业文章，曾任探索频道《极度罪恶》系列节目主持人，于纽约时报，当代心理学，CNN，ABC等杂志广播上发表科研文章作品。

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