In order to achieve its genocidal ambitions, totalitarianism constantly strives to strip us of our humanity. Yet, it is easy to lose our compassion, worn down by repeated harassment: I might even wish that the next blows would fall on someone else rather than me. Augustine urges us to do the same: above all, we must not become desensitized. Christ lived through his trials with his full sensitivity.

Two years after its publication, Ariane Bilheran's essay Psychopathologie du Totalitarisme: sommes-nous dans une dérive totalitaire (Psychopathology of totalitarianism: are we in totalitarian drift?) is more relevant than ever. In 2023, the philosopher and clinical psychologist analyzed the drivers of the Covid crisis management. She showed how, through the widespread use of fear as a political tool, segregation (vaccinated/unvaccinated), censorship, and denunciation, the Cov

For this Unicorn No. 21, we will analyze the gradual establishment of global totalitarianism. Because, while the masses are entertained, sometimes on official media, sometimes on alternative media, sometimes with various and varied television series, and episodes with twists, such as the dispute between this and that President...

The all-out development of "artificial intelligence" (AI) and the enthusiasm it generates must be the object of our greatest attention.   The first alarm we should have is the hook method used to encourage the population to make rapid and major use of it.

This work is masterful, because in a few pages, Leo Löwenthal manages to paint the finest psychological portrait I know, especially for his time, of atomization in a totalitarian period, that is to say, of the role played by terror in transforming the individual into an isolated and desperate cell at the heart of a large mass. This German sociologist and philosopher, linked to the Frankfurt School, who emigrated to the United States to flee Nazism, was aware of the cancellati

Thus, as incredible as it may seem, the entire "declaration of sexual rights", which is now being rolled out by the WHO, in the name of "sexual health" (a linguistic misuse on which there would also be much to say), is based on a sophism which has distorted the logic of reasoning in order to better manipulate public opinion.

By applying a psychopathological key to the phenomenon of totalitarianism, Ariane Bilheran has undertaken pioneering work and considerably deepened our knowledge of this phenomenon, which until now had been confined to sociopolitical analysis. As her original vision gradually established itself as an essential approach, it seemed useful to her to return to the origins and inspirations of her idea.

In an age of ubiquitous advertising, Klemperer's reflection remains acutely relevant. Better than anyone else, he understood the power of enchantment and self-alienation conveyed by the words of language.

Interview with Ariane Bilheran, PhD - Part 2: the Desmet/Breggin controversy; the question of responsibility; the concept of delusional contagion, and more.   We are living a "war" against the human being, against our human rights, against the population... we have no choice but to resist and protect the sacred dimension of the human being.   This is the second part of our interview with Ariane Bilheran, PhD, philosopher, clinical psychologist, doctor in psychopathology a

The first part of our interview discusses totalitarianism and the psychological mechanisms it relies upon. The second part delves further and looks at the Mathias Desmet / Peter Breggin controversy. To understand the concept of totalitarianism, which is increasingly being discussed following the COVID-19 crisis and the various coercive measures that have been put in place, the logical step is to call on a real expert in the field.

International Symposium of Mental Health organized in Portugal by Aliança Saúde Portugal, about the current pandemic of fear propagated in the humanity.

A specialist in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Ariane Bilheran helps us understand the idea of "comfort health" through an observation she makes about the crisis we are experiencing today: "so many people agree to give up their freedom under the cover of a lie, without having a knife to their throat, far from it. Quite simply because many of them aspire to the preservation of their comfort and their privileges, and because they have been chained to them little by little.

The totalitarian regime aims at "total domination" (H. Arendt), that is to say, it interferes in the totality of social, private, and intimate spheres, even in the psyche of individuals.

Paranoiac delusion is very difficult to detect, because of its apparent normality and its "reasoning" dimension, it is nonetheless very dangerous for children who are exposed to it. The prognosis of a cure of the paranoiac is almost none-existent, this pathology continuing to increase with time, the rigidity of the psychic structure and the rejection of any psychiatric follow-up by the person (who, according to his delirium, thinks himself invested with a mission, thinks that

It took me a while to write this short piece; its complexity led me back to the subtle, sophisticated, paranoiac distortion of language and to the biblical episode of "The Tower of Babel": believing they speak the same language, humans no longer understand each other, and divide. And the more I delve into my reflections, the more I realize that it is primarily language that paranoiac psychosis destroys in order to dissociate humans and lead them to kill each other.

Today, there is a trend, a divide, an ideology: that of "conspiracy theorists" and "anti-conspiracy theorists". Conspiracy theorists are "those who see conspiracies everywhere", and anti-conspiracy theorists are those who denounce conspiracy theorists. This is yet another way to shut down all debate and, above all, to prevent people from thinking about the obvious.

Work psychopathology allows us to broaden the perspective of traditional psychopathology, by introducing a reflection on pathogenic work organizations and the psychological and somatic impacts on individuals, without however ruling out an analysis of the collusions between personal history and experience in the company.

"The taboo of harassment in the workplace is gradually beginning to be lifted among the general public. We talk about it, we suffer from it, but without always knowing what it is. When can we really talk about harassment? Does it necessarily include a hierarchical relationship? To what extent is the company responsible?