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Denial in Political Process

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When one peruses the literature on the defense mechanism of denial, one cannot fail to be impressed with the difficulties we encounter with this concept. Like so many concepts in psychoanalysis, denial is too elastic a term, including too large a group of defensive operations (cf. also Carmi, 1984). However, this state of affairs also has its advantages in that it allows for a conceptual development of the mechanism, albeit in different directions (Sandler, 1983).

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  1. Sigmund Freud Center for Study and Research in Psychoanalysis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Rafael Moses

  2. Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, 01262, Massachusetts, USA

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    E. L. Edelstein

  2. The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Donald L. Nathanson

  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Andrew M. Stone

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Moses, R. (1989). Denial in Political Process. In: Edelstein, E.L., Nathanson, D.L., Stone, A.M. (eds) Denial. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0737-2_20

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