could cure its ills if we could only focus on the collective good. Ending with a look at the countryвЂ™s divisive political rhetoric, Junger suggests that the U.S.

For all the comfort of modern society, Junger thinks, its вЂњprofound alienationвЂќ has led in America to income inequality, behaviors destructive to the environment, high rates of suicide and mental illness (including PTSD), and rampage shootings. During the U.S.вЂ™s wars of settlement with its native population, many white men defected to, and many white captives were reluctant to return from, what Junger describes as a Stone Age lifestyle he wonders why, and suspects that the material benefits of Western culture couldnвЂ™t compete with вЂњthe intensely communal nature of an Indian tribe,вЂќ which was вЂњmore or less run by consensus and broadly egalitarian.вЂќ In the present day, the close interdependence of a tribal lifestyle and its shared resources are things Westerners only experience in combat situations and disasters. MaIn this small but perfectly lucid book, National Magazine AwardвЂ“winning journalist Junger ( War) meditates on tribal sentiment, how it aids вЂњloyalty and belonging and the eternal human quest for meaning,вЂќ and how the disappearance of this sentiment has had toxic consequences for modern societies. Tribe explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world. It explains the irony that-for many veterans as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today.Д¬ombining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding-'tribes.' This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.Дecades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same.

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