Communitarianism

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Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. Its overriding philosophy is based on the belief that a person's social identity and personality are largely moulded by community relationships, with a smaller degree of development being placed on individualism. Although the community might be a family, communitarianism usually is understood, in the wider, philosophical sense, as a collection of interactions, among a community of people in a given place (geographical location), or among a community who share an interest or who share a history. As a political philosophy, communitarians emphasize the importance of the family and intermediary institutions of civil society, such as churches, charities, and other voluntary associations, understood as non-coercive social structures that stand apart from both collectivism (exercised in the form of state authority) and individualism. In Europe, communitarian ideas are often associated with...

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