p. 64
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Younger children do not often have the option of breaking out of the social or educational traps set for them. Their physical, emotional and socioeconomic vulnerability does not give them much chance of escape and they have to play out the institutional games devised for them. In many societies, by the time they gain social and economic autonomy, it is already too late for psychological autonomy; they continue to carry within them the passions, hates and loves of their earliest authorities.
— Ashis Nandy
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Source: Wikiquote: "Ashis Nandy" (Quotes, Traditions, Tyranny and Utopias: Essays in the Politics of Awareness (1987))
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About Ashis Nandy
Ashis Nandy (born 13 May 1937) is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, futurist and critic.
About Ashis Nandy
Ashis Nandy (born 13 May 1937) is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, futurist and critic.
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