Fist Number 8

About the Book

The psychopathology of gaslighting, gameplaying, colonisation, deceit, lying, manipulation and abuse has not received sufficient attention within popular culture along with the academic ‘disciplines’. This expose provides an entrée into these shrouded realms, focussing on the psychopathologies of power, drawn upon in the enactment of pure negativity. Here, the exploration around how and why it arises, prior to being enacted is gently teased out, drawing upon the psychotherapeutic insight of the author(s). Ten films, historically castigated as porn, eurotrash, horror or sleaze are dredged from their cultural confinement: prior to being subject to an analytical inspection. The aim is to unravel the numerous overt and covert messages residing within their succulent narratives, thereby puncturing the ‘normal attitude’. By drawing upon the method outlined in Surrealist Manifesto Number 4, the psycho-analytical inspection brings to the surface a hidden human dimension, allowing the reader to revel within the multiplicities that unfurl.

About the Author

Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles is a well-known raconteur of the ineffable (along with the unspeakable), peering into the debris of human self-deceit to expose its self-deception. Engaged historically in enabling both the marginalised and the ostracised to recover from the impact of being subject to the psychopathologies of power; here the focus is on exposing how these systems enmesh. El Arabia provides both insight and critique to the Doctor when exploring these pathways and byways, rolling within the feminine mind. Whereas the social world is fixated by the masculine world of denigration; the feminine world has been bypassed and ignored. The analytical penetration of this feminine world requires the insight of a specialist to uncover the psychopathologies of denigration, reflecting on how the abused turns into an abuser.