Sentences with phrase «into narcissism»

Seducing the Machine, an exhibition of digital video and photographic work, marks the culmination of Katherine Nolan's doctoral research into narcissism, performance and contemporary feminist practice.

Not exact matches

They showcase their owners» distinctive voices, interests, and expertise without crossing into mind - numbing narcissism.

The book I'm working on now — which is part two — goes even further into embracing hedonism, narcissism and entitlement.

I wonder whether most (or at least many) people have a latent capacity for narcissism to some degree (some more than others), and whether being placed into a position of great influence can actuate this capacity and then cause it to swell to damaging proportions.

Sometimes this translates into a healthy self - awareness; other times it looks a bit more like narcissism.

«I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I grew up I converted to narcissism» (Woody Allen, in the film Scoop).

But if we move out of the global economy into the cultural influence, globalization theory suffers from the Narcissism McLuhan disdained.

Like students of those other years, they remain somewhat aloof from established cultural norms and ideas, while putting more energy into «tending their own garden,» but they are less wrapped up in the narcissism of the youth culture.

To find out if narcissism might still be a boon to businesses, Goncalo, Flynn, and Kim divided 292 other students into teams of four and asked them to draw up proposals to improve the performance of real businesses and other organizations.

In fact, new research suggests that pride, as long as it stems from a real success and doesn't slide into know - it - all obnoxiousness or narcissism, not only pushes us to keep trying hard but actually makes others like us more.

Many people's personalities would rate somewhere on the narcissistic spectrum; it's when the narcissism begins to intrude negatively into their lives, causing serious problems at work or home, that it starts to stray into disorder territory.)

I think for the most part, once we're all past the WFPB diet point, we tend to get into the area of the «narcissism of small differences», as Jeff Novick once referred to it.

Reynolds repeats the original «Deadpool» dynamic of giving the movie at least five times what it gives him in return, turning neediness, self - pity, desperation and narcissism into different kinds of comic fuel.

The high - octane narcissism that would propel Petit literally into the stratosphere is soft - pedaled.

Packing so many dilemmas and loves into one breezy, heartfelt dramatic comedy with hardly any stumbles proves Rock's evolved writer's hand; navigating around buddy cameos, realistic romance, raunchy comedy, philosophical drops, idol shout - outs, and all without a patina of narcissism is a feat.

P.T. Barnum's relationship with his wife, played by Michelle Williams, even dives into creative narcissism and emotional sacrifice, like a PG version of Mother!

With online applications such as Twitter and Facebook many worry that we are not only falling into a nasty pattern of narcissism, but some businesses and sole - proprietor businesses will abuse their networks of family, friends, and acquaintances to make a buck.

Perez explains, «It taps into a primal instinct — a kind of collective narcissism that is very human and sinful.

Januszczak's argument seems to be that in dealing with identity artists are fundamentally falling into the trap of narcissism.

The exhibition takes the viewer into a decadent and Baudelaireian world, characterised by melancholia, cynicism and pessimism, but also by pleasures and a passion for the unusual or peculiar, including androgyny, narcissism and intoxicants.

After this anecdote, Mohr digressed into a lengthy speech loosely centered on California, mentioning a disparate range of cultural figures and ideas that included Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, adolescence, the culture industry, sadomasochism, music, William S. Burroughs, Walter Benjamin, Mickey Mouse, National Socialism, occultism, imposture, and narcissism — to name a few.

At first glance, the regional purview of Made in L.A. 2012 — on view this past summer at the Hammer Museum and LAXART as well as the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park — might easily have suggested collective SoCal navel - gazing comparable to the scene at the end of each of the SNL skits, when the characters come together to stare into a mirror in a surrealistic act of group narcissism.

The workshop will provide therapists with some additional insights for helping clients dive deep into an understanding of the issues of narcissism — manifested in their partner's emotional and behavioral patterns, with an appreciation for the coping modes that show up as bravado while masking inadequacy, intolerable shame, sadness and loneliness.

On one side of the coin, we have narcissism — our own selfish wants and desires — that pulls us back into thinking about and caring about only ourselves.