Word: groupism
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Persons who have not given in to "in-groupism," such as visiting foreigners and children, retain a sense of intellectual curiosity, Moise said. He cited Karl Marx, "who was never truly a member of any society," and the Jews, who have continually been shuttled from country to country, as illustrations of his point that intellectualism is more natural to those whom situations are not stratified...
...encouraging some individual thinking, or are we making group decisions paramount? Are we afraid of being branded 'intellectual snobs' if we suggest that the gifted be educated to the limit of their ability? Are we sacrificing our children on the altar of 'rugged groupism...
Some Political Specifics. Riesman's "construction," from nursery school to veto group, can obviously be used to lay bare the causes of specific defects in American political life (although he does not do so). If politics is heavily influenced by inside-dopesterism and veto-groupism, the observer would expect to find great difficulty in the formation and expression of clear goals, and that is what observers have found in U.S. peacetime policy of the last 20 years, including the last two. The U.S., anxious for approval, listens closely to the signals of the others in the peer group...