Analysis of Anders Behring Breivik

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Wingnuts • July 2011 • Views: 1,705

Here is an interview of Theodore Dalrymple, a prison psychiatrist. This is his view of Anders Behring Breivik. I believe it provides some insight into the person. online.wsj.com

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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jul 31, 2011 5:34:47am

Dr. Dalrymple argues that the welfare state, Europe's form of civic religion, deprives its citizens even of the "struggle for existence" as a possible purpose in life. One alternative, then, is "transcendent political purpose—and that's where what [Breivik's] done comes in.

(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sun, Jul 31, 2011 6:42:02am

re: #1 Sergey Romanov

So he is another one of those rightwingers perpetuating the "liberals, social democrats, multiculturalists, and anyone else but rightwingers created Breivik" meme. Lovely. And of course it doesn't even matter that Breivik probably never relied on any kind of welfare in his life.

Majacita Sun, Jul 31, 2011 11:06:32am

Insight into Dalrymple or Breivik? What kind of prison pyschiatrist is this? One who probably also believes that the modern welfare state is the reason so many young black men are in jail. Because before that no crime was committed and no prisons existed?

Majacita Sun, Jul 31, 2011 11:19:10am

Sorry. That was a comment that had little to do with the article. Should
not have put my personal bias in there.

Bob Levin Sun, Jul 31, 2011 11:29:29am

To me, this article shows that there really isn't a clear psychological paradigm in Western Culture. Dalrymple peppered his analysis with bits from DSM Whatever, maybe a little history, references to pop psychology, some inane French philosophy--but hey, that's the best the West can do.

Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Jul 31, 2011 7:38:23pm

I like Dalrymple. And he is right, we can't ever really know.

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