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Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. Its overriding philosophy is based on the belief that a person's social identity and personality are largely moulded by community relationships, with a smaller degree of development being placed on individualism.

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  • Terminology<!--'Philosophical communitarianism', 'Ideological communitarianism', and 'Responsive communitarianism' redirect here-->
  • Origins
  • Social capital
  • Positive rights
  • Responsive communitarianism movement
  • Influence
  • Comparison to other political philosophies
  • Criticism
  • Opposition
  • List of communitarian political parties
  • List of communitarian philosophers
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • External links

Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. Its overriding philosophy is based on the belief that a person's social identity and personality are largely moulded by community relationships, with a smaller degree of development being placed on individualism.

Although the community might be a family, communitarianism usually is understood, in the wider, philosophical sense, as a collection of interactions, among a community of people in a given place (geographical location), or among a community who share an interest or who share a history.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “communitarianism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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