tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post4072046457210511148..comments2024-03-28T21:49:02.667+00:00Comments on History is made at night: A Community of SenseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-53075817343973524842008-10-26T20:16:00.000+00:002008-10-26T20:16:00.000+00:00Mafessoli talks about neo-tribes, as provisional c...Mafessoli talks about neo-tribes, as provisional communities whereto individuals come and go. These neo-tribes, he adds, have a Dionysian component: affection, solidarity, comunitas etc. I'm not so sure about his belief on the death of individualism though. Of sorts I'd say. True, you get lost (temporarily) in such neo-tribes, and learn about solidarity, nature etc. But then the choice to join and leave, and to move on to other neo-tribes when you fancy, seems to me, suggests that the individual is still alive, full of desires, reflexive interests, and consumerist compulsions as well, etc.<BR/><BR/>Excellent blog, as always!Techno Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878085228337601362noreply@blogger.com