Hey everyone I'm thinking of writing a school paper on the above mentioned topic I was just wondering if anyone had any insights on it? From my research thus far there hasn't been any studies about how anger affects creativity. Rather the studies of all three variables have been quite separate. Any thoughts or interesting discussion points?
One way of framing why the Bible looks so different than our everyday life, and why its expectations can seem so far flung is that of the individualistic versus the collectivistic - where the distinction between the two lay primarily in where one gets their purpose, their values and acceptance from. Individualism has value and purpose find it's center in the individual and their agency. Collectivism seeks value and purpose outside the individual in the community and in one's relationship to that group (their roles, etc) - whether it's a family, tribe or some larger body of people. (While I'm not talking about political or economic systems that could be similarly named, it's easy to see how they developed as such. The past generations were much much more collectivistic than we are now, but never fully one side or another).
While some people would be more apt to place the Bible on the opposite side of our culture, I see it more as a continuum, with the Bible and it's principles in the middle. There are great and good thiings that come out of individualistic values, that we just tend to take for granted. Things like scientific progress and artistic expression are most easily cultivated where people have at least a few individualistic-leaning values. So it's not a matter of "individualism is bad; collectivism is good".
However, our culture is most certainly running headlong into being hyper-individualistic, though I think the direction we've taken is somewhat different than I would have thought. Instead of the New Age scare of a mystical "you are a god, you can shape your reality" (though we do have that in stuff like the laws of attraction) we have a much more frustrating, down-to-earth "you and your agency are completely in charge of your life and who you are" that we see on social media and all of the current "cultural moments" (ie CRT, LGBT activism, abortion, etc).
However, while brainstorming for a writing project, I started wondering: "How would a society on the complete other end of the spectrum look like?" What things would a hyper-collectivistic culture do that would be pleasing to, or at least amenable to Christians? What things would be so completely terrible (and not just from someone who is from an individualistic society) that Believers would necessarily have to speak up and against? What sort of things could Believers get caught up in thinking that they're "godly values" but may have to reevaluate? Stuff like that.
This stupidity and word-playing is beyond me.
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And I mean Subconscious Consensus. This thing is a literal bloody hivemind, which is pinnacle of collective thought.
Overall, I am happy creators are finally renaming it to something what makes sense, but I honestly hope we someday see the idea of collective made right. Because, hey, if capitalism, democracy, monarchy, theocracy and even bloody millitary junta, be ideological utopias in space, then why to-be hiveminds are directioned to enslave and, on top of that, are punished for it in universe where everyone builds a bloody mind control laser?
In many Asian countries, especially the Far East, people tend to think themselves part of a larger group, while this concept is non-existent in the west. Is there any distinct factors that caused this to happen?
So today I was dragged out of bed and was accused of not studying. I was obviously startled and puzzled, to say the least. I check the time and it had just passed 7:00 AM. Then at the breakfast table, my dad starts asking what my GPA is and accuses me of not trying my best. I tell him that I did try my best, regardless of how wrong my approach may be and that my GPA does not entirely reflect my effort. I almost get beaten for "challenging" him ( he didn't say that but it's what he's implying) and literally have to cry myself out of the situation, cause if I don't show signs of submission, it will aggravate. It's humiliating and detrimental to my integrity and confidence. I don't know how far I can take this. I've been putting up with this since grade 10 or sth. He needs to know that although I've grown up in this collectivistic Asian family. I've spent my entire life in Canada - an individualistic society. I honestly try to be "nice" to my dad as if I was dealing with some immigrant from a foreign country. He notices, I notice and we enter a cold war. I am now the common enemy of my family because my GPA is not at the level he wants. Now I need to factor in the fact that my GPA is low, before any type of comment I make to my family. This is getting unbearable. Sorry for the rant, but I need to vent it before the final exam.
Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated. Had anyone had similar experiences? - a clash between collectivism and individualism in your very own family. Or just a helicopter parent moments in general...
But yeah, consider these things before you marry a person of different culture.
So i'm expecting my first child with my girlfriend who is Swedish and atheist. Up until now i've dutifully played along with the various religous customs and social mores for the sake of my family. I havnt made any confrontations with my family, live my life as i wish to live it but keep up the pretence at family gatherings, eid etc. The problem is, now that i'm expecting a child with a heathen and dont intend to circumcise, indoctrinate or name my child in accordance with religous patriarchal customs, a confrontation with family is inevitable. This has got me thinking about why the social control effect in our community feels particularly strong and why any divergence from social norms is met with such forceful rejection and dismay.
I think the reasons stem from our nomad heritage. Most of us Somali's come from nomadic backgrounds, a societal arrangement that is difficult to centrally govern and administer. As a result the governance systems and social innovations that allow people to trust, trade and respect each others property must emerge from the population itself. A part of this is the shared belief in a punitive god, so that the belief in the possibility of punishment in the afterlife provides a security against too many people going rogue. This allows us to engage with strangers who share the belief in the ultimate judge thereby allowing society to grow beyond our immediate social groups. The other part is a controlling clan based societal structure that uses customary law to ensure that crimes are punished and compensated. Your sub-clan is responsible if u do something wrong and must pay compensation for your errors. This collective punishment gives us a much stronger incentive not to step out of line as, by doing so, we negatively impact our entire familiy's ability to trade and work by tarring they're name. In a nomadic society, a repeat offender would be expelled which essentially leaves you as a uninsured individual; i.e no one wants to employ, trade with or marry you. The need for this type of system disappears when central governance systems uphold law and order, which makes it all the more incongruous with diasporic communities who uphold this outdated system despite it having little to no use outside of a nomadic society.
Do any of you see merits to this type of social construction in the future?
they only use pubic transportation.
We're not talking about wanting to be stable, but rather wanting materialistic possessions like fancy clothes, mansion, etc.? Do you have to let go of your materialistic desire to really be a collectivist? or can you be both?
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You often hear right wing libertarians and diffrent flavors of conservatives talk about how private property is a great idea because it is individualist, but I've heard some people outside those spheres argue that it's actually a collectivist social construct. As in, it asks all members of society to sacrifice something of themselves, force themselves to abide by a social contract, to achieve certain societal goals.
I don't remember any of the arguments for this, but to me it did seem of feel like that may be the case. That the ideas that justify private ownership over resources could be considered collectivist.
If something is in private hands, that means the law asks all members of society to keep off that something, to give up their access to that resource, even if it forces upon them some kind of starvation. If someone owns a watersource when the community around it is thirsty, all the members of that community are forced to live without that water, to give up something that naturally doesn't belong to anyone.
Often right wing people will say that this is actually good, because it "motivates" people to "work harder", or it makes it so that the quality of a certain commodity good will improove via competition and """entrepreneurship""", etc.
But that seems almost like a collectivist justification to me. The very thoughts right wing libertarians and conservatives claim to despise. "Give up your rights and access to resources, maybe even starve, so that other people and higher social forces can create a better world."
If a grocery store is privately then the poor who can't afford its good are asked to refrain from eating that food, to starve themselves, even if that food would land in the trash otherwise. Again, people who defend these practices will give similar justifications.
The whole saying "There's nothing violent about eating apples off a tree, but there's a lot of violence in forcing hungry people away from it because the law decided it's yours." comes to mind.
I wanted to know if anarchists share these thoughts, that the common justifications for private ownership over the world might actually be a kind of right wing collectivism, and if you have something to add to it.
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