The Psychology of Evil: How Ordinary People Become Monsters - The Naked Truth of Human Cruelty

· Dr. Ankit Kumar
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The Psychology of Evil

How Ordinary People Become Monsters - The Naked Truth of Human Cruelty

Evil is not rare. Evil is not extraordinary. Evil is ordinary.

You want to believe monsters are born different - serial killers, dictators, cult leaders, sadists. You want to believe you’re safe from that darkness because you are “normal.” But history, psychology, and reality all laugh in your face. The brutal truth? Monsters are not born. They are made. And they are made out of people exactly like you.

This is not a polite history of psychology. This is a scalpel that cuts through every comforting lie about human goodness. From ancient rituals to modern neuroscience, from concentration camps to corporate boardrooms, The Psychology of Evil drags you into the heart of human cruelty and leaves you nowhere to hide.

Inside this book, you’ll face truths you don’t want to hear:

Obedience is deadlier than hate. Most people would kill if ordered by authority - experiments and genocides prove it.

Masks are fragile. Give ordinary men power, and they turn sadistic in days. Civilization is just a thin costume over brutality.

Violence spreads like infection. Children copy what they see. Nations copy the cruelty of leaders. Violence is a meme - and you are a carrier.

The mob owns your mind. You will betray your own eyes to fit in with the herd. Every lie you’ve swallowed proves it.

Evil is not out there. It’s not in devils, dictators, or “others.” It’s in your neighbor, your friend, your mirror.

From Nazi eugenics to CIA torture manuals, from cult indoctrination to social media manipulation, psychology has not just studied evil - it has enabled it, engineered it, and scaled it. Psychology doesn’t just heal in clinics. It enslaves in politics, business, and war. It builds the cages you live inside and teaches you to love the bars.

This book is not for the faint-hearted. It is not about hope, comfort, or “positive vibes.” It is about truth - ugly, merciless truth. It will drag you through experiments that proved obedience kills, mobs blind, fear enslaves, and “ordinary people” become executioners faster than you want to believe.

The final ruthless choice is yours: keep living in myths that make you feel good, or face the naked clarity that evil is not an exception - evil is the default, and you are not immune.

Read this book only if you dare to face the darkness that lives in you.

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5.0
24 reviews
Soul Sayings
October 4, 2025
just have a look how our psychology plays us and impersonation in a single human body happens .....!! good one 💯✔️
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Abhishek vats
October 6, 2025
Intresting book , changes overall perspective of thinking. A must read 💯
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keerti sorout
October 4, 2025
i must say..you will start loving psychology after reading this book
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About the author

Dr. Ankit Kumar is a physician, researcher, and author with a fearless voice in modern psychology and medicine. Holding a BAMS and MD in Kayachikitsa, he has combined clinical practice with relentless research into the human mind and body.

Dr. Kumar is the author of over 30 books spanning psychology, health, and human behavior, and has published 27 research articles in national and international journals. His works include The Silent Nerve and the uncompromising Naked Mind Series, which tears apart the comforting myths of psychology and exposes the raw, naked truth of human cruelty, behavior, and manipulation.

His writing is not polite. It is bold, merciless, and unapologetic, designed to confront, provoke, and awaken. Through his research and books, Dr. Ankit Kumar challenges both science and society to face the truths they would rather ignore.

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