In the name of a new theory past theory is declared honorable but feeble; one can lay aside Freud and Marx-or appreciate their limitations-and pick up the latest at the drive-in window of thought. (Russell Jacoby)

In the name of a new theory past theory is declared honorable but feeble; one can lay aside Freud and Marx-or appreciate their limitations-and pick up the latest at the drive-in window of thought.

Russell Jacoby

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