July 2009 Featured Book
The Mirror Effect
by Drew Pinsky '80
"A compelling and intelligent study of the repercussions of today's fame-obsessed society." - Flavorpill.com
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- Read the interview with Debby Applegate '89 from the Amherst magaine
- Read an excerpt fromThe Mirror Effect
- Listen to the interview with Rob Simpson '69 and Drew Pinsky '80
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Broadcast on a daily basis through myriad mass media, the self-destructive soap opera of celebrity behavior attracts a huge and hungry audience. Dr. Drew Pinsky '80 argues in The Mirror Effect that such behavior points to a wide-ranging psychological dysfunction among celebrities that may be spreading to the culture at large: the condition known as narcissism.