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Durkheim would love it. This is the sociological aspect of the problem of modernity that I brought up in our philosophical exchanges. Even though tradition persists, it changes character automatically through having lost its "taken-for- grantedness". The social organization of traditional societies, so dependent on the clan and tribe, on the sense of place for the individual, is eroded, and the individual becomes "rootless". Nationalism was, in part, a response to these changes, which is why it particularly grew in the 19th century, to supplant the local character of loyalties and provide a more comprehensive identification... |
