04 - Raffaella Di Marzio: Introduzione - Seconda Parte
Nuovi Culti e Sette nella Società - Ciampino (Rome) 18 - Settembre 2010 - Relatore: Raffaella Di Marzio - Introduzione - Seconda Parte. ENGLISH ABSTRACT The International Conference "Cultic Groups in Society: Prevention, Information, and Assistance" is a relevant event on the Italian scene, not only for the importance of the topic, but also for a number of elements that highlight its absolute novelty and originality: the synergy of associations and single individuals that made the Conference possible; its scientific purpose as well as its operational one; the methodology, particularly the proposal of workshops lead by facilitators; the international connotation. About the firs point, it is important to underline that an international conference -- designed and co-organized by Italian and foreigner associations and scholars that have been devoted in assisting the victims of sectarian groups for many years -- was never organized in Italy before. The hard work of the organizers (ICSA, INFO-CULT, ONAP, SOS Abusi Psicologici, SRS) made it possible to overcome the many difficulties and to pick, today, the fruits of those efforts. We hope that it can be useful for all those people who turned to us to ask for information, assistance and help in these years, and also for the law enforcement agencies, the institutional representatives and the professionals who are here today. The fact that we are here now emphasizes that facing the phenomenon of cults in its complexity ...
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