Word: communalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when people are quick to view a challenging, confusing or hurtful speaker not as an individual, but as a representative of a more abstract evil like racism. This sometimes triggers a collective response from a group that objects to the assumed evil; it rarely fosters interpersonal discussion, healing or communal understanding...
...Prestowitz (Trading Places) and Karel van Wolferen (The Enigma of Japanese Power) argue that it is because Japan remains fundamentally different from the U.S. in economy and culture and is committed to playing by unfair rules that discriminate against imports. There is truth in that: Japan is a profoundly communal society organized on almost every level to protect the interests of the Japanese -- the welfare of the nation, its business community and its people are one and the same...
...cases like these, it is time to recognize that the purposes of the university are hindered by infringement of the rules of civilized conduct, which are basic to the communal pursuit of truth. President Neil L. Rudenstine recognized this after the word "faggot" was scrawled on the door of a Lowell House resident last Monday night. As Rudenstine said, criminal acts such as defacement of property are "no longer in the bounds of speech" and should be prosecuted rather than protected under the First Amendment...
...Marlboro is a small town run by primitive democracy," he says. "This is one of my contributions to the communal life of the town...
...WOULD SEEM naive to suggest a way out of the quandary, given its deep ties to the most important political and cultural forces of our times. But a reinvigorated sense of empathy, reflected in a greater degree of communal solidarity, is the only way to help those truly in need. Only then can a sense of communal solidarity regain meaning as a strengthened social contract rebuilds the ties between rich and poor, oppressor and oppressed, empowered and powerless...