self-deceived

Especially when a character is as self-involved, not to mention self-deceived, as Maximilien Aue, the true-believing Nazi SS officer who narrates his war experiences in The Kindly Ones, any critical commentary must acknowledge that "meaning" or "theme" (and even at times "style") are conditioned by the limits of the narrator's perspective.

December 2009 2009

But if our shared culture doesn't have the eyes to see what they see and know what they know, such men and women usually end up being perceived as irrational, self-deceived, and deluded -- as representatives of the false.

Andrew Z. Cohen: Daring to Bear Witness: The Challenge of Being a Spiritual Teacher Andrew Z. Cohen 2011

Especially when a character is as self-involved, not to mention self-deceived, as Maximilien Aue, the true-believing Nazi SS officer who narrates his war experiences in The Kindly Ones, any critical commentary must acknowledge that "meaning" or "theme" (and even at times "style") are conditioned by the limits of the narrator's perspective.

Point of View in Fiction 2009

Especially when a character is as self-involved, not to mention self-deceived, as Maximilien Aue, the true-believing Nazi SS officer who narrates his war experiences in The Kindly Ones, any critical commentary must acknowledge that "meaning" or "theme" (and even at times "style") are conditioned by the limits of the narrator's perspective.

Translated Texts 2010

But if our shared culture doesn't have the eyes to see what they see and know what they know, such men and women usually end up being perceived as irrational, self-deceived, and deluded -- as representatives of the false.

Andrew Z. Cohen: Daring to Bear Witness: The Challenge of Being a Spiritual Teacher Andrew Z. Cohen 2011

But if our shared culture doesn't have the eyes to see what they see and know what they know, such men and women usually end up being perceived as irrational, self-deceived, and deluded -- as representatives of the false.

Andrew Z. Cohen: Daring to Bear Witness: The Challenge of Being a Spiritual Teacher Andrew Z. Cohen 2011

Should we continue to be susceptible to the con, to a large extent self-deceived by our own greed, and to continue to support business, community and church leaders, politicians and others who play the game of giving us subterfuge aimed to manipulate, then we can only expect more of the same.

Arizona governor bucks senator's request over immigration law 2010

Especially when a character is as self-involved, not to mention self-deceived, as Maximilien Aue, the true-believing Nazi SS officer who narrates his war experiences in The Kindly Ones, any critical commentary must acknowledge that "meaning" or "theme" (and even at times "style") are conditioned by the limits of the narrator's perspective.

Furies 2009

But if our shared culture doesn't have the eyes to see what they see and know what they know, such men and women usually end up being perceived as irrational, self-deceived, and deluded -- as representatives of the false.

Andrew Z. Cohen: Daring to Bear Witness: The Challenge of Being a Spiritual Teacher Andrew Z. Cohen 2011

But Freedman's lazy scientists are Schulz's self-deceived strivers.

Why we get things so wrong: Books by Kathryn Schulz and David H. Freedman 2010