Community: The Structure of Belonging
Unfortunately, community in our culture too often means a group of people who go crashing through the woods together, scaring the soul away. … Under these conditions, the intellect, emotions, will, and ego may emerge, but not the soul; we scare off all the soulful things, like respectful relationships, goodwill, and hope.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
Communitarian sages like Kentucky poet and essayist Wendell Berry have implied that the bulk of the project of rejuvenating community life might simply involve reviving a sense of membership in our various social systems. The task at hand, Berry and his followers argue, is to transform our systems of education, health, business, religious observanc... See more
A Community or a Club?
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Integration and Fulfillment of Needs This essentially means that by joining a community, members get what they hoped to get by joining.
David Spinks • The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
Community display rituals reveal the community to itself. There must be collective displays of participation and community membership. This means that there should be some activities where members can see other members participating as well.