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Individuals find themselves cramped and depressed by absorption of their potentialities in some mode of association which has been institutionalized and become dominant.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “Individuals find themselves cramped and depressed by absorption of their potentialities in some mode of association…”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey notes that individuals often feel constrained by dominant social institutions that limit their potential.
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