[Air-l] Defining Versions of Reality

[jeremy hunsinger]

> sometimes pulling in "imagined
> communities" but fail to really discuss the perception of reality from
> the point of view from the individual.
the problem here is that the concept of an 'imagined community' does not 
necessitate that there is a 'real' community.  You might investigate the 
book entitled 'Imagined Communities' about this, which put forth the 
start of much of this related research.    One problem of course is that 
if you focus on the individual you significantly undermine what it means 
to be in a community because the level of analysis, normative, and 
otherwise is entirely problematic for the concept, which necessitates a 
level of analysis where the organic parts of the community are more 
important than the essential parts(the individuals).  The group identity 
entails the individual identity, not the opposite.  Does that help?



> jeremy hunsinger
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