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title: "Evil Genes"
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Evil Genes is a book by Barbara Oakley, a systems engineer, about the neurological and social factors contributing to chronic antisocial behavior. The text was published on October 31, 2008, by Prometheus Books.
The book has earned both praise and criticism for its treatment of what Oakley considers gaps in psychological research surrounding "successfully sinister" individuals—those who show subclinical symptoms of personality disorders, and who are often found in positions of authority in politics, religion, business, and academia.


== See also ==
Psychopathy
The Mask of Sanity
Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work
The Psychopath Test


== References ==


== Further reading ==
Erich Fromm: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness


== External links ==
Official website