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The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521482860, 9780521482868
LCC
JK1764 .L53 1996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8171541 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Pages
292\289
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book challenges the myth that individualism necessarily weakens commitments to the common good. It examines environmental and other activist groups in which individualism sometimes enhances political commitment. Rather than criticize individualism and favor a return to "traditional" values, Paul Lichterman examines the untraditional, personalized politics of many recent social movements and invites us to rethink common understandings of commitment, community, and individualism in a post-traditional world.

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