Kristin Dombek
American essayist and cultural critic, author of The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism (2016) and the n+1 pamphlet How to Quit; her work has appeared in outlets such as n+1 and The New York Times Magazine, and she has taught writing at universities.
Books
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1. The Selfishness Of Others
An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism
A concise cultural critique of the current obsession with calling people “narcissists,” this essay traces the idea from clinical diagnosis to pop psychology and social media. Blending research, history, and personal reflection, it shows how the label often masks anxieties about intimacy, attention, and autonomy, and is wielded to police others’ behavior. It challenges the moral panic around self-involvement and argues for a more nuanced, empathetic understanding of desire, vulnerability, and relational harm.
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