The Individual Self and its Relation to Group Identity Between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives
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Individualism, Self, Liberalism, Autonomy, Identity, Common Good, Value CommitmentsAbstract
Liberal values as being the intellectual reference of the nation-state, ensure a societal and political environment that encourages individuals to care more about their basic rights, individual identities and differences, as each is preoccupied with his individual privateness and his unencumbered self. Through this approach, communitarians confirm that the continual concentration of liberalism on the unsociological- self significance away from its social ends and value commitments, also ignoring the importance of restraining the self and controlling its evils, in addition to making the common good and those commitments part of the private sphere, not the public sphere, will inevitably lead to dismantle both the relationships of the individual and the society, thus expanding the scope of the crisis of legitimacy instead of building a comprehensive and cohesive national identity that brings together the individual and the society in one place.
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