RT Journal
A1 Hess HK
T1 THe dynamics of dissent in science and psychoanalysis,
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1969
FD July 1
VO 124
IS 1
SP 124
OP 125
DO 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300170126043
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300170126043
AB The title of this book, the 13th in a series on "Science and Psychoanalysis," does indeed attract one's attention. Today dissent, as a manifestation of social strains, is perceived everywhere. It has always been a ubiquitous and continuous phenomenon yet varying in intensity. It assumes the particular colorations of the milieu in which it is permitted to germinate. One remembers, for example, the severity of the silent protest of the white women of South Africa with their black arm bands or last year's communard-like organized violence of the Paris students. What moves an individual to make a commitment to an idea and join with others for safety and effectiveness?The nine essays presented here, if not delivering the promise of the title, permit valuable insight into a subject which lies near the heart of man and is not simply topical. In the discussion of one of the papers Bryt