God complex
A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. A person with a god complex may refuse to admit the possibility of error or failure, even in the face of complex or intractable problems or difficult or impossible tasks, or may regard personal opinions as unquestionably correct.[1][2] The individual may disregard the rules of society and require special consideration or privileges.[1]
God complex is not a clinical term or diagnosable disorder, and does not appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
The first person to use the term god-complex was Ernest Jones (1913/51) [3] His description, at least in the contents page of Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis describe the God Complex as belief that one is a god... [4]
[edit] See also
- Biblical inerrancy
- Fanaticism
- Hubris
- Megalomania
- Messiah complex
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Playing God (ethics)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kaplan, Harold I.; Benjamin J. Sadock (1972). Modern Group Book, volume 4: Sensitivity through encounter and marathon. J. Aronson.
- ^ Tim Harford, TED talk
- ^ Deep Blue at the University of Michigan umich.edu Retrieved 2012-01-22
- ^ Ernest Jones - Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis - 472 pages Lightning Source Inc, 15 Mar 2007 Retrieved 2012-01-22 ISBN 1406703389
[edit] External links
- McLemee.com - The Shrink with a God Complex Ronald Hayman Newsday, (April 22, 2001)
- News-Service.Stanford.edu - Did Caligula have a God complex? Stanford, Oxford archaeologists find evidence that depraved tyrant annexed sacred temple, John Sanford (September 10, 2003)
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