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brezi 's review for:
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger
It was surprisingly readable and had some interesting anecdotes. I expected less of a short book trying to make such a strong claim.
That being said I was also disappointed. I disagreed with Junger on a number of premises and conclusions. For instance his premise that there are many costs to modern society, but the “most dangerous loss may be to community”. He says that whatever comes out way a community would be able to figure it out (like water rationing). But he does not acknowledge the threat of the Other (like migrants), or the existential threats (for instance brought by the climate change) . Plus, he tried to make a case that an entire nation can be a community. I still don't think that's true. To my mind, every person must be known to a community or a tribe. Also, he did not talk about identity and did not acknowledge the importance of myths that bind us together to create larger in-groups.
And there were many other poorly supported claims.
That being said I was also disappointed. I disagreed with Junger on a number of premises and conclusions. For instance his premise that there are many costs to modern society, but the “most dangerous loss may be to community”. He says that whatever comes out way a community would be able to figure it out (like water rationing). But he does not acknowledge the threat of the Other (like migrants), or the existential threats (for instance brought by the climate change) . Plus, he tried to make a case that an entire nation can be a community. I still don't think that's true. To my mind, every person must be known to a community or a tribe. Also, he did not talk about identity and did not acknowledge the importance of myths that bind us together to create larger in-groups.
And there were many other poorly supported claims.