ABSTRACT
This short paper reflects on the existing paradox of psychoanalysis: if on the one hand it has become a cultural heritage to the Western world, on the other, it has distancing itself from the contemporary world and other theories of knowledge. The series is born with a double purpose: to allow the lay public to have access to consistent psychoanalytic knowledge in a colloquial and simple language, beyond its most common use restricted to the private clinical sphere, and to share reliable information passed on by qualified psychoanalysts in areas such as mental health, education, family dynamics and others. It is at the basis of any educational project as it is part of the curriculum in most medical schools. In fact, psychoanalysis as a theory of knowledge moves in the opposite direction of that of its institutionalization, where the latter, represented by its societies and study groups carry strict and selective standards for new members.
