There is a therapy of self-indulgence and adjustment which is little more than another weapon in the arsenal of social conformity, and there is a therapy which makes the unconscious conscious, enlarges the scope of awareness. There is a socialization which turns curious children into adult automatons in a social environment of repressive uniformity, and there is a socialization which turns selfish, impulsive children into self-aware and deliberate participants in a larger community.


p. 72, quotation is from Rollo May, Man's Search for Himself, p. 101 - Forced to be Free (1971)

Benjamin Barber Quotes

There is a therapy of self-indulgence and adjustment which is little more than another weapon in the arsenal of social conformity, and there is a...

There is a therapy of self-indulgence and adjustment which is little more than another weapon in the arsenal of social conformity, and there is a...

There is a therapy of self-indulgence and adjustment which is little more than another weapon in the arsenal of social conformity, and there is a...

There is a therapy of self-indulgence and adjustment which is little more than another weapon in the arsenal of social conformity, and there is a...