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This paper is the second of a series that suggests that attitude toward equilibrium theorizing varies inversely with capacity for Rorschachian inner creation (production of Rorschach movement responses). The first paper presented the theme of the series, which entails on its negative side the concept of anti-equilibriumism. The present paper provides illustrations of anti-equilibriumism in psychology and sociology. Authors drawn upon are Jules Golden, Bert Kaplan, Anthony Barton, Robert White, Rollo May, and mainly, Helen Lynd and Lewis Coser. The paper ends with the question of whether or not anti-equilibriumism is mainly a matter of left-wing political ideology.

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Inner Creation in Knower and Known,Observer and Observed,Theorist and Theorized: II. Illustrations of Anti-Equilibriumism or Dialecticalism in Psychology and Sociology

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