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Narcissistic Attitudes among Scientists

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to identify the causes of narcissistic attitudes observable among academics. The author draws attention to sources of the both types of the narcissism: an endogenous and an exogenous. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: Research issues presented in this article are exploratory. They come to attempt to answer the question: Which endogenous and exogenous factors play a dominant role in shaping the narcissistic attitudes of academic teachers? The research method is based on literature studies, nut also based on exploration, description, and also attempts to explain the analyzed phenomenon. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The article consists of five main parts. The first of these presents the specificity symbolic violence typical for the didactics. Next presents the criteria for the diagnosis of narcissism and mechanisms of commodification of scientists. Attention was also drawn to the recognition treated as an indicator of the scientific position and the processes associated with the omnipotence of the master. RESEARCH RESULTS: The author indicates that in the case of narcissism observable among scientists we have to deal with a number of factors both endoand egogenous that determine its prevalence among scientists. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Presented phenomenon is practically absent in the Polish scientific discourse concerning the sphere of science. Some attempts to unmask the work of academics can be found at Pierre Bourdieu’s, but they are kept in the context of symbolic violence, not narcissism, which becomes novelty in this perspective.

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