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t_shaffner 's review for:
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger
I enjoyed this book overall; it was a great exploration of what a tribe is and means and the need for and value of such, as well as the costs for modern society having lost such a sense of community. The book was also a cool list of touching or interesting stories in a variety of senses, and a discussion of PTSD and the effects and impacts that felt deeply important (and in this area the author had some very concrete and useful thoughts on issues, problems, and ways forward).
The end result though in the broader sense (beyond specific issues like PTSD) felt like a diagnosis of a societal illness without a real sense of a cure. The closest to next steps discussed seemed at times more the like grinding of the political axes of the author than real suggestions, and the final result thus seemed slightly lacking vis-à-vis a thesis. I'm totally with the author now on the loss involved in modern society and that it's an issue; I'm still unclear what to do about it. A shame because the buildup for such a thesis, had there been one, was pretty good.
The end result though in the broader sense (beyond specific issues like PTSD) felt like a diagnosis of a societal illness without a real sense of a cure. The closest to next steps discussed seemed at times more the like grinding of the political axes of the author than real suggestions, and the final result thus seemed slightly lacking vis-à-vis a thesis. I'm totally with the author now on the loss involved in modern society and that it's an issue; I'm still unclear what to do about it. A shame because the buildup for such a thesis, had there been one, was pretty good.