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A Dark Secret

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the roles of a secret in the life of a community. Based on the findings of the sociology classic by Georg Simmel and reflections of the authors of psychoanalytical works, particularly Maria Török and Nicolas Abraham, the author investigates the defensive strategies of a community applied against those who reveal its “dark secrets” – inconvenient and suppressed facts that tarnish the good name of a community. He also discusses the conditions that must be met for these traumatizing contents to be neutralized.

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