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bethanybeyondthejordan 's review for:
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger
This book came highly recommended and did not disappoint.
It's relatively short, but packed with stories and take-aways. It's concise and dense, yet not heavy. It's very satisfying.
And though it dealt with homecoming and belonging—suggested by the subtitle—it seemed to spend a great deal of time talking about war. (I didn't mind, as it was highly interesting.) How does war create tribes? How does shared trauma create tribes, and what kind of outcomes are produced when you are exposed to trauma with your tribe?
Who does and doesn't PTSD affect? Why does PTSD affect those who never see combat just as much as those on the front lines, statistically?
One quote that sums up why this is important and how it's connected to tribe:
"If war were purely and absolutely bad in every single aspect and toxic in all its effects, it would probably not happen as often as it does. But in addition to all the destruction and loss of life, war also inspires ancient human virtues of courage, loyalty, and selflessness that can be utterly intoxicating to the people who experience them."
How has societal cultural change made assimilation so. much. harder. when people return from war? And what makes re-entry after a war (or after living abroad, as I could identify with) actually easy for some?
Why would anyone ever admit that they long for the days of the war? (They do!)
This book has made me appreciate seasons of life like when I lived overseas and—even in the mundane—community and belonging to a tribe made everything—even the mundane—Matter-with-a-capital-M. I LOVED this book.
It's relatively short, but packed with stories and take-aways. It's concise and dense, yet not heavy. It's very satisfying.
And though it dealt with homecoming and belonging—suggested by the subtitle—it seemed to spend a great deal of time talking about war. (I didn't mind, as it was highly interesting.) How does war create tribes? How does shared trauma create tribes, and what kind of outcomes are produced when you are exposed to trauma with your tribe?
Who does and doesn't PTSD affect? Why does PTSD affect those who never see combat just as much as those on the front lines, statistically?
One quote that sums up why this is important and how it's connected to tribe:
"If war were purely and absolutely bad in every single aspect and toxic in all its effects, it would probably not happen as often as it does. But in addition to all the destruction and loss of life, war also inspires ancient human virtues of courage, loyalty, and selflessness that can be utterly intoxicating to the people who experience them."
How has societal cultural change made assimilation so. much. harder. when people return from war? And what makes re-entry after a war (or after living abroad, as I could identify with) actually easy for some?
Why would anyone ever admit that they long for the days of the war? (They do!)
This book has made me appreciate seasons of life like when I lived overseas and—even in the mundane—community and belonging to a tribe made everything—even the mundane—Matter-with-a-capital-M. I LOVED this book.