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... soul " ; " the Jewish character " ) that served as a rationale for their subjugation . 3. The cult of the Virgin is " the rehabilitation of woman by the achievement of her defeat " ; " The average Western male's ideal is a woman who ...
... soul " ; " the Jewish character " ) that served as a rationale for their subjugation . 3. The cult of the Virgin is " the rehabilitation of woman by the achievement of her defeat " ; " The average Western male's ideal is a woman who ...
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... soul , or the Jewish character is not to deny that there are today Jews , blacks , or women : this denial is not a liberation for those concerned but an inauthentic flight . Clearly , no woman can claim without bad faith to be situated ...
... soul , or the Jewish character is not to deny that there are today Jews , blacks , or women : this denial is not a liberation for those concerned but an inauthentic flight . Clearly , no woman can claim without bad faith to be situated ...
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... soul " or " the Jewish character . " However , the Jewish problem on the whole is very different from the two others : for the anti - Semite , the Jew is more an enemy than an inferior , and no place on this earth is recognized as his ...
... soul " or " the Jewish character . " However , the Jewish problem on the whole is very different from the two others : for the anti - Semite , the Jew is more an enemy than an inferior , and no place on this earth is recognized as his ...
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... in every one of its moments , and this unity must be nents ... 4. Baudouin , L'âme enfantine et la psychanalyse ( The Child's Soul and Psychoanalysis ) . respected . This is possible only by recovering the original 54 FACTS AND MYTHS.
... in every one of its moments , and this unity must be nents ... 4. Baudouin , L'âme enfantine et la psychanalyse ( The Child's Soul and Psychoanalysis ) . respected . This is possible only by recovering the original 54 FACTS AND MYTHS.
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... souls , their egos , their names , their possessions , and their work : here is the first temptation of inauthenticity . The penis is singularly adapted to play this role of " double " for the little boy : for him it is both a foreign ...
... souls , their egos , their names , their possessions , and their work : here is the first temptation of inauthenticity . The penis is singularly adapted to play this role of " double " for the little boy : for him it is both a foreign ...
Contents
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Chapter 1 | 71 |
Chapter 3 | 90 |
Chapter 4 | 104 |
Chapter 5 | 126 |
Introduction | 279 |
Chapter 5 | 439 |
Chapter 8 | 599 |
From Maturity to Old Age | 619 |
Chapter to Womans Situation and Character | 638 |
The Narcissist | 667 |
The Woman in Love | 683 |
The Mystic | 709 |
Chapter 1 | 159 |
Chapter 2 | 214 |
Claudel or the Handmaiden of the Lord | 237 |
Chapter 3 | 266 |
The Independent Woman | 721 |
Conclusion | 753 |
Selected Sources | 767 |
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