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This from the introduction:
“Narcissism describes both a psychological and a cultural condition. On the individual level, it denotes a personality disturbance characterized by an exaggerated investment in one’s image at the expense of the self. Narcissists are more concerned with how they appear than what they feel. Indeed, they deny feelings that contradict the image thy seek. Acting without feeling, they tend to be seductive and manipulative, striving for power and control. They are egotists, focused on their own interests but lacking the true values of self – namely, self-expression, self-possession, dignity and integrity. Narcissists lack a sense of self derived from body feelings. Without a solid sense of self, they experience life as empty and meaningless. It is a desolate state.” p ix
This about himself:
“I have always considered myself a phallic-narcissistic character, and so I have some idea of how this personality type develops. I know that I was the apple of my mother’s eye. She looked to me to fulfill her ambitions. I was more important to her than my father was. And although my mother was not overtly sexually seductive, the implications of her feelings were sexual. Her emotional investment in me provided an extra measure of energy and excitement to my personality. Yet her need to possess me, and thus control me, diminished my sense of self. In this situation, my ego became bigger than my self, making me a narcissistic personality. On the other hand, through my identification with my father, who was simple, hardworking, and pleasure loving, I retained my feeling for the life of the body. which is at the core of the feeling self.”