The Psychology of Dictators

⭐ Dive deep into the minds behind history’s worst atrocities at The Psychology of Dictators in London!

Highlights

🧠 In-depth talk exploring the psychology of dictators through history
🗣️ Engaging Q&A session following the main presentation
📍 Held at the iconic The Blues Kitchen Brixton
🎟️ Doors open early – grab a good seat and settle in

General Info

📅 Date: August 25, 2026
🕒 Time: 7:00 PM
⏱️ Duration: 2h 30min
📍 Location: The Blues Kitchen Brixton, 40 Acre Ln, London SW2 5SP
♿ Accessibility: theblueskitchen.com/brixton/contact/
👤 Age requirement: This is an 18+ event

Description

Explore the minds behind history’s worst atrocities and what they reveal about power, evil, and human nature. How does someone hurt a hundred thousand, starve their own people, or order an execution? Humanity has always imagined monsters – but our worst monsters have been real, and human – put there by us, through active revolt or unspoken complicity.

This talk takes us on a tour from Pol Pot to Putin, from the Leviathan to the Levant, and from China to Chávez, asking how some humans become the darkest figures of their time in spite of a fervour for good intentions. Together, we’ll explore the patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour common to tyrants and autocrats – stepping into the mind of a dictator, not to excuse evil, but to understand how to stop it.

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