Game of Thrones Psychology

The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors

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Edited by Travis Langley

Type: Essays
Subject: One Film > Game of Thrones (TV Series)
Keywords: TV Series, psychology
Publishing date: 2016
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Collection: Popular Culture Psychology
Volume 4
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 304 pages
6 x 8 ¾ inches (15 x 22 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4549-1840-0

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Book Presentation:
Insight is coming!
This thought-provoking anthology offers a close examination of the psychology behind the intricate narrative and compelling characters in author George R.R. Martin's bestselling work, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the the popular HBO TV series based upon his books, Game of Thrones.
In Martin's richly detailed world, deceit, manipulation, and greed rule the day, and almost everyone fights for power over the realm or simply over their own lives. How do love and hate, good evil, need and greed, altruism and narcissism drive the very best and very worst human behaviors? With no moral boundaries honored, the psychological games played by the series' conniving protagonists are seemingly limitless. Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors explores motivations, relations, personality disorders, psychopathy, trauma, and much more. What kind of person can survive the game of thrones, much less hope to win?Contributors include:Colt J. Blunt * Jenna Busch * Josué Cardona * Erin Currie * William Blake Erickson * Wind Goodfriend * Jonathan Hetterly * Stephen Hupp * Mark Caldwell Jones * Lara Taylor Kester * Dana Klisanin* Travis Langley * Jordan Gaines Lewis * Martin Lloyd * Kyle Maddock * Patrick O'Connor * Janina Scarlet * Jay Scarlet * Laura Vecchiolla * Dave Verhaagen * Dawn R. Weatherford

About the Author:
Travis Langley, PhD, is a psychology professor at Henderson State University, the author of Batman and Psychology (Wiley), and the volume editor and lead writer of The Walking Dead Psychology, Star Wars Psychology, Game of Thrones Psychology, Star Trek Psychology, and Captain America vs. Iron Man (Sterling). He speaks regularly on media and heroism at pop culture conventions and academic conferences including San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, and WizardWorld conventions across the land. Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics and other films have featured him as an expert interviewee, and the documentary Legends of the Knight spotlighted how he uses fiction to teach real psychology. Psychology Today carries his blog, "Beyond Heroes and Villains." With 100,000 followers, he ranks among the 10 most popular psychologists on Twitter: @Superherologist.He lost track of how many swords he owns but still remembers the number and locations of maces and daggers he keeps around the house.

Press Reviews:
"Check out Game of Thrones Psychology from Travis Langley. It's super interesting and inspired me...." - Vanessa Hill, PBS BrainCraft.

"Look, there's going to be at least one person in your life who doesn't connect to great literature or nonfiction that doesn't have a fantasy/sci-fi element to it. Give that person a copy of this book. It gathers essays about George R.R. Martin's texts and the HBO series that are actually literate, well written and informative. Dwarves and dragons have never been more relevant." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"If you are looking for a book to compliment the Game of Thrones TV show now that the series has ended, I would like to recommend Game of Thrones Psychology." - Southern Bookworm

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