I was lucky to be a student in the 1960s. My experiences of that time taught me the importance of trying to make one’s academic work socially beneficial.
Through my work, I have tried to help people understand the historical nature of social conventions. I believe that when we understand our own conventions as a product of our historical past, we can adopt a more reflective attitude towards them, keeping those that seem justified and abandoning those which no longer fit current conditions.
This kind of understanding also helps us in understanding our differences from others and thus promotes greater tolerance towards such differences.
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