Mass Formation and Critical Thinking – Mattias Desmet

„Mass formation is, in essence, a kind of group hypnosis that destroys individual's ethical self-awareness and robs them of their ability to think critically.“

Mattias DesmetMattias Desmet explains how mass formation as group hypnosis destroys ethical self-awareness and critical thinking.
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Mattias Desmet is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ghent.

This statement highlights the danger of how group dynamics can impair individual thinking and ethical awareness.


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Quote by Mattias Desmet about mass formation being a group hypnosis affecting critical thinking

Mattias Desmet teaches Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting at the University of Ghent. His department's research is strongly clinically and practice-oriented. He focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of psychological counseling and psychoanalysis.

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