Robert Bellah’s quote, I believe, is spot on in the fact that we need other people to help to hone in on ourselves. We can understand ourselves by working with others, loving each other and learning from other people’s mistakes. People this days are making it harder to find themselves by isolating themselves in clichés, suburbia. “There are truths that we do not see when we adopt the Language of radical Individualism.” (Bellah pg. 80) In Hudson’s book some mentions about regress to fundamental relationships.
In “American Democracy in peril” it mentions how when people suburbanized they had to make friends by similar interest not birth place. I disagree with this idea because I live in a suburb and all the people have been here for max 10 …show more content…
When you have a child you tend to find out more about yourself than you ever want to. Children are a gate way to the bottom of yourself. Like the quote implies, to discover yourself you have to look at your actions when you are with people. And learn from the mistakes of other. I also agree with Bellah’s idea that you will find yourself in the moral autonomy of your choses. The good things about our individualism is we have a way of finding or ethics, value, and independents. But for the individual to find his purpose, place, and ethics they have to learn beside others. I do agree when Bellah wrote “All our actions goes on in relationships, groups, associations and communities…” (Bellah pg. 80) This is another way of saying we do the most socializing when we are required, or when it benefits our personal goals.
Suburbization is a major part of my life. When I returned from Germany with my mom and dad I was living in a small town in no man’s land. After a year my parents decided we didn’t have a big enough house and we moved into Suburbia. This all comes back to individualism because when we got to suburbia no one came over to introduce themselves. We had to catch them in their yard or on a walk to introduce ourselves to the sub district. When we finally started to talk to them we found ourselves not belonging to their cliché. We found ourselves building a reputation as snobby perfectionist and …show more content…
Individualism is not always a freedom some people have. When you are in a cliché the individuals morals and ethics are designated by the group. Group dynamic is similar to mob mentality in way if majority of the body of people believe in one idea the whole of the group therefore believes that idea.
My individualism, I think, is similar to most other people in regards to the multicultural experiences. I am pretty integrated in the web of connections to other. I believe the key to breaking Individualism is to peak interest in people to get them involved. Such tactics as making people work together, have them work against and even random people falling in love could break a wall of individualism.
This is what makes Illinois College’s vision statement so achievable. The multiple cultures that are coming to Illinois College make this mission of positive difference in the world so remarkable. The breaking of Individualism is the key to Illinois College’s success in achieving their vision statement. If you get a bunch of people together from one culture versus getting a bunch of culture together, which group will come up with the best possible answer to our perils of radical individualism? I am assuming the collective of culture will have the best ideas and outcome on their effort in that
In “American Democracy in peril” it mentions how when people suburbanized they had to make friends by similar interest not birth place. I disagree with this idea because I live in a suburb and all the people have been here for max 10 …show more content…
When you have a child you tend to find out more about yourself than you ever want to. Children are a gate way to the bottom of yourself. Like the quote implies, to discover yourself you have to look at your actions when you are with people. And learn from the mistakes of other. I also agree with Bellah’s idea that you will find yourself in the moral autonomy of your choses. The good things about our individualism is we have a way of finding or ethics, value, and independents. But for the individual to find his purpose, place, and ethics they have to learn beside others. I do agree when Bellah wrote “All our actions goes on in relationships, groups, associations and communities…” (Bellah pg. 80) This is another way of saying we do the most socializing when we are required, or when it benefits our personal goals.
Suburbization is a major part of my life. When I returned from Germany with my mom and dad I was living in a small town in no man’s land. After a year my parents decided we didn’t have a big enough house and we moved into Suburbia. This all comes back to individualism because when we got to suburbia no one came over to introduce themselves. We had to catch them in their yard or on a walk to introduce ourselves to the sub district. When we finally started to talk to them we found ourselves not belonging to their cliché. We found ourselves building a reputation as snobby perfectionist and …show more content…
Individualism is not always a freedom some people have. When you are in a cliché the individuals morals and ethics are designated by the group. Group dynamic is similar to mob mentality in way if majority of the body of people believe in one idea the whole of the group therefore believes that idea.
My individualism, I think, is similar to most other people in regards to the multicultural experiences. I am pretty integrated in the web of connections to other. I believe the key to breaking Individualism is to peak interest in people to get them involved. Such tactics as making people work together, have them work against and even random people falling in love could break a wall of individualism.
This is what makes Illinois College’s vision statement so achievable. The multiple cultures that are coming to Illinois College make this mission of positive difference in the world so remarkable. The breaking of Individualism is the key to Illinois College’s success in achieving their vision statement. If you get a bunch of people together from one culture versus getting a bunch of culture together, which group will come up with the best possible answer to our perils of radical individualism? I am assuming the collective of culture will have the best ideas and outcome on their effort in that