Tribe : on homecoming and belonging / Sebastian Junger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Junger, Sebastian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social groups--Psychological aspects.

Social groups.

Group identity.

Tribes.

Group Processes.

Population Groups.

Psychology, Social.

Social Identification.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Group Processes.

Population Groups.

Psychology, Social.

Social Identification.

Physical Description:

xvii, 168 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

On homecoming and belonging

Place of Publication:

New York : Twelve, 2016.

Summary:

Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians -- but Indians almost never did the same. 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. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may help explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, TRIBE explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. 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. TRIBE explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world.

"Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians--but Indians almost never did the same. 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. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may help explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, TRIBE explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. 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. TRIBE explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The men and the dogs

War makes you an animal

In bitter safety I awake

Calling home from Mars

Postscript.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-168).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781455566389

1455566381

OCLC:

932174163