Changing Community (Graywolf Annual) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555972020 ISBN 13: 9781555972028

Publisher: Graywolf Pr, 1993

Synopsis

For nearly all of human history, our notion of community was centered on the family, tribe, and/or village. The centrality of that notion is at the core of our values. The 20th century brought air travel, a revolution in communications, the internationalization of culture and business, the growth of an "international language"--all in all, a complete overturning of our historic understanding of community.

As a result, we now have to think about the many different levels and many new faces of community. Our families are nuclear, extended, and broken; few of us live in one place our entire lives, and most of our cities, towns, and regions change beyond recognition every few years. The concept of the nation-state itself is breaking down, and people are more closely identifying with biogegional, religious, or ethnic communities.

Incorporating essays from a diverse range of sources such as Parabola, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, the New Yorker, and The Well, a national computerized bulletin board, Changing Community examines the ways that our ideas of community are evolving.

About this edition

• Publisher: Graywolf Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1555972020
• ISBN 13: 9781555972028
• Binding: Paperback
• Editor: Walker Scott