{"id":130,"date":"2010-04-30T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedscd.wordpress.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2010-04-30T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T14:22:44","slug":"definition-of-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2010\/04\/30\/definition-of-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Definition of Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

This via Leeds own Max Farrar<\/a><\/p>\n

By community I mean something that goes far beyond mere local community. The word, as we find it in much nineteenth and twentieth century thought encompasses all forms of relationship which are characterised by a high degree of personal intimacy, emotional depth, moral commitment, social cohesion, and continuity in time. Community is founded on man conceived in his wholeness rather than in one or another of the roles, taken separately, that he may hold in a social order. It draws its psychological strength from levels of motivation deeper than those of mere volition or interest, and it achieves its fulfillment in a submergence of individual will that is not possible in unions of mere convenience or rational assent. Community is a fusion of feeling and thought, of tradition and commitment, of membership and volition. It may be found in, or given symbolic expression by, locality, religion, nation, race, occupation, or crusade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nisbet, RA (1967) The Sociological Tradition<\/em> London: Heinemann<\/p>\n