Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
work by Bellah
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communitarianism
- In communitarianism: The common good versus individual rights
…in an oft-cited communitarian work, Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life (1985), by the American sociologist Robert Neelly Bellah, who observed that by the early 1980s most Americans had become self-centred. Increasing prosperity from the 1950s, among other factors, had contributed to a decline in respect…
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discussed in biography
- In Robert Neelly Bellah
The popular book Habits of the Heart (1985; with others) describes relationships between religion and American culture.
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