A few months ago, she published a new work entitled On Totalitarianism, Conferences 2021-2022. A booklet which brings together a series of conferences devoted to the totalitarian phenomenon.

With regard to her work in psychopathology, Ariane Bilheran considers in particular that totalitarianism corresponds to “a paranoid delusion”, that is to say “a pathology of control” and “persecution” of populations.

Inspired by the work of Hannah Arendt, Ariane Bilheran emphasizes that “the totalitarian system is the meeting between a cynical and corrupt power, and a mass of gullible and obedient individuals”.

According to the philosopher, totalitarianism cannot in fact “be established without the collaboration of numerous individuals” seduced by the perverse pact and the false promises of totalitarian power.

“The individual, because he belongs to a group, because he does not want to leave this belonging, will accept different intolerable situations. »

Once caught in the totalitarian spiral, individuals find it very difficult to escape from it: “From the moment the person has engaged in acts, it is much more difficult for them to backtracking because she accepted a collaboration and, unconsciously, it is very complicated for her to assume her own guilt. »

According to Ariane Bilheran, the fight against totalitarianism involves each individual and consists in particular of breaking away from collective conditioning to regain "one's personal power", cultivate one's freedom of spirit, one's spontaneity, but also to "polish the virtues of the human soul » in order to find “the path to our intimate life”.

“We are dealing with detailed, generalized poisoning, not just food, but primarily mental and emotional,” remarks the philosopher. The best resistance to totalitarianism is to nourish the human soul. »

“There are always men who refuse this system of constraints, this system of slavery, by putting freedom as the supreme value,” she continues.

“The totalitarian system makes us believe that it is interesting to be immortal. This is not the case. What is interesting is to value your existence. What is the highest value I can place on my existence? This is what is important. »

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