Psychopathology of totalitarianism 3/3
- Ariane Bilheran
- Jun 5, 2021
- 8 min read
Updated: Jul 17
Series in 3 episodes, published by L’Antipresse, n°286, 287 & 288 23 & 30 May 2021, 05 June 2021 - https://antipresse.net and translated by Thetranslationbridge.com
Ariane Bilheran, Former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, philosopher, clinical psychologist, doctor in psychopathology, specialized in the study of manipulation, paranoia, perversion, harassment, and totalitarianism.
Episode 3.
Delusional contagion and psychic alliances, leaving the delusion.
"Freedom is the most intimate thing, and it is from it that the whole edifice of the world of the Spirit rises."
Hegel, Principles of the philosophy of the right,
"Course on philosophy of the rights of 1831".
To see a way out of totalitarianism, we need to understand how minds have been imprisoned in paranoiac madness.
This implies making the phenomenon of delusional contagion[1] intelligible, and to bring to light the unconscious psychic interactions that combine to promote ideology.
The paranoia is a contagious pathology, which erodes the traditional bonds to submit the psyches to new bonds, those of the ideology[2].
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