To analyse psychopat?

Question

iam trying to analyse if jean baptiste (from the novel perfumes) really is categorized as psychopat, could u tell me some sites or some theories (for ex: freud) which could i use to make this anallyse? thanks !!

Answer 1

* Charles XIV John, Charles XIV John, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte.** Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist and novelist.

* Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council in Burundi until November 10, 1976, and president of Burundi from November 2, 1976 to September 3, 1987.

* Jean Baptiste Bessieres, duke of Istria (August 6, 1768 – May 1, 1813), was a Marshal of France of the Napoleonic Era.

* Jean-Baptiste Biot, a French physicist, astronomer and mathematician.

    * Jean Baptiste Boussingault, a French chemist.

    * Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, a French landscape painter and printmaker in etching.

    * Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a French sculptor and painter.

    * Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea and her French Canadian husband Toussaint Charbonneau.

    * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, a French painter

    * Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV.

    * Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, the Comte de Rochambeau.

    * Jean-Baptiste Girard, disambiguation page,

    * Jean-Baptiste Grange, a French alpine skiier

    * Jean-Baptiste Greuze, a French painter

    * Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, (April 29, 1762 – November 23, 1833), was a marshal of France.

    * Jean Baptiste Kléber, a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars.

    * Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French naturalist.

    * Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French Roman Catholic clergyman and the first Archbishop of Santa Fe (New Mexico), United States.

    * Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, a colonizer and repeated governor of French Louisiana.

    * Jean Baptiste Lully, an Italian-born French composer.

    * Jean-Baptiste Maunier, (born December 22, 1990) is a French child actor.

    * Jean-Baptiste Massillon, a French churchman and preacher.

    * Jean-Baptiste Mondino, French fashion photographer and music video director.

    * Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, astronomer.

    * Jean Baptiste Ouedraogo, President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983.

    * Jean-Baptiste Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese president.

    * Jean Baptiste Pitois, French writer on the occult.

    * Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, first settler in Chicago

    * Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, a French poet.

    * Jean-Baptiste Say, a French economist and businessman.

    * Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, a French artillery officer and engineer.

    * Jean-Baptiste, wolf and quarry of famed 1780 hunt

Answer 2

First off, Freud never said much about psychopaths.  Or rather, nothing considered useful by modern psychology.  In fact, the term "psychopath" isn't really used in clinical psychology at all.  The American Psychological Association considers "psychopathy" to be synonymous with Antisocial Personality Disorder.  However, in forensic settings, psychopathy does refer to a set of characteristics slightly different from Antisocial Personality Disorder.  The most commonly used assessment for psychopathy is Hare's PCL-R.  

As for whether Jean Baptiste of "Perfume" would qualify, it's hard to say.  While he engages in violent, predatory, and fairly remorseless behaviors, he lacks many of the other clinical characteristics of a psychopath.  Thus, it would seem inappropriate to give him that title.  He seems to better fit Antisocial Personality Disorder.