What Is the Key Point in John L

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What is the key point in John L. Esposito's Reforming Islam?

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism where distressing thoughts, memories, or desires are kept out of conscious awareness.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously replaces unacceptable or threatening inner wishes and fantasies with an exaggerated version of their opposite.

Alfred Adler

An Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded individual psychology and emphasized the importance of feelings of inferiority in the development of personality.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.