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- ↑ 1967 Dialectics of Liberation, accessed 2 June 2011
- ↑ The Philadelphia Association: Kingsley Hall Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hernton, Calvin (16 January 1967). "LONDON - Eliade, Ginsberg, Goffman, Goodman, Laing, Marcuse". International Times Archive. Lovebooks Ltd. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ Cooper, David (1968). The Dialectics of Liberation. Penguin. ISBN 9781781688915 . Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ Dialektikon 2012
