Assertion: defense mechanism | /r/HasProperty | défense
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text: From his earliest works, Freud situated the concept of defence (défense) at the heart of his theory of neurosis.
text: Thus he argues in 1960 that, like the neurotic, the pervert "defends himself in his desire," since "desire is a defence (défense), a prohibition (défense) against going beyond a certain limit in jouissance.