أفكار وآفاق
Volume 12, Numéro 2, Pages 89-104
2024-10-30

Narcissism As A Normalized Psychological And Cultural Condition In Josef Conrad's Heart Of Darkness

Authors : Belounis Rachida .

Abstract

The present article proposes to study narcissism as a normalized cultural and psychological condition in Josef Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It essentially aims at showing how the environmental conditions in Europe at the period of intensified imperialistic expansion from the latter half of the nineteenth century until the outbreak of WWІ paved the way for creating an egocentric and self-obsessed generation.

Keywords

cultural environement ; Heart of Darkness ; imperialism ; Josef Conrad ; manipulation ; moral decline ; narcissism, Nietzsche