"Rebelling acts as a substitute for the more difficult process of struggling through to one's own autonomy, to new beliefs,” writes Rollo May, as if one could struggle through to one's own identity without rebelling. (Russell Jacoby)

"Rebelling acts as a substitute for the more difficult process of struggling through to one's own autonomy, to new beliefs,” writes Rollo May, as if one could struggle through to one's own identity without rebelling.

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