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In a beautifully written paper, Rakoff places in historical perspective the social ideal of "individuation, independence and the right to pursue personal identity." She then concludes, using illustrative case histories, that too much emphasis has perhaps been placed upon the importance of the self and too little on the importance of others in all stages of life.