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The phrase “Return of the Repressed” in this context is Seymour Papert’s (1988, p. 9).

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Andresen, J. Skinner and Chomsky 30 Years Later Or: The Return of the Repressed. BEHAV ANALYST 14, 49–60 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392552

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