Are We All Narcissists? The Pseudo-Narcissism of the Internet

Journalists and psychologists claim that we are more narcissistic than ever, especially when we started to make extensive use of social networks and digital tools. They are probably wrong: social networks and other digital tools don’t increase our self-love but amplify our quest for the approval of others. René Girard’s theory contradicts psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud by stating that digital users are not narcissistic but pseudo-narcissistic, opening a new era of pseudo-narcissism.