The general loss of memory is not to be explained solely psychologically; it is not simply childhood amnesia. Rather it is social amnesia-memory driven out of mind by the social and economic dynamic of this society. (Russell Jacoby)

The general loss of memory is not to be explained solely psychologically; it is not simply childhood amnesia. Rather it is social amnesia-memory driven out of mind by the social and economic dynamic of this society.

Russell Jacoby

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