Book
French
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Abstract
The sectarian phenomenon is usually described as the influence of a neck on an adept. However, experience on the ground shows that this approach is insufficient. The phenomena of capture cannot be studied without taking into account the overall context in which the victim operates and the relationship with the victim. In addition to the operation of the gourou, the adepte and their relationship, it is necessary to look at the way in which certain non-adepts, which Jean-Claude Maes designates as co-adepts, participate in the mechanics introduced by the gourou. The issue of such a reading is twofold: for former followers, it is a matter of repairing the links they have misused during their passage within a sect; for co-followers, it is a question of finding ways to act on the control system by changing their own functioning, knowing that they should not wait for either the adept or the neck. Today, studying the sectarian phenomenon leads the researcher even further to question the functioning of the society in which he lives. Sectarianism is no longer just a question of individual or group, but has become a real phenomenon of society, just like drug abuse. This book offers an innovative vision of dependence and co-dependence on the one hand and Stockholm syndrome on the other. All in all, it is an original, well-founded theory that opens up new opportunities.