Psychoanalysis was from the start, still is, and perhaps always will be a well-constituted church and a form of treatment based on a set of beliefs that only the very faithful could adhere to, i. e., those who believe in a security that amounts to being lost in the herd and defined in terms of common and external goals
Gilles DeleuzeAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: french
- Born: January 18, 1925
- Died: November 4, 1995
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