Man at his best is a system-breaker, an iconoclast seeking … - John Carroll

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Man at his best is a system-breaker, an iconoclast seeking not only variety, but destruction.

John Carroll

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John Carroll (born 1944) is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, and author of Puritan, Paranoid, Remissive, Guilt, Ego and Soul, Humanism: The Rebirth and Wreck of Western Culture, and Intruders In The Bush: The Australian Quest For Identity.

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