The inhumanly human face of joker

Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Alessia Zangrilli
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/1 Language Italian
Pages 5 P. 167-171 File size 98 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2020-001011
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Psychopathy is a serious and dangerous pathology of the personality that has long been the subject of interest and study by clinicians and researchers. Some film characters have provided us with models, such as Phillips’ Joker, based on the DC Comics’ homonym character. Between diagnosis and horror, Joker’s story raises concerns about the human soul which is difficult to ignore.

Keywords: Psychopathy; anti-sociality; trauma.

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Alessia Zangrilli, Il volto disumanamente umano di Joker (da "Joker", di Todd Phillips, 2019) in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 1/2020, pp 167-171, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2020-001011