Ep. 105 - What Is the Value of Community?
In this episode we discuss the ideal of community. Activist talk about "fighting for the community"; corporations talk about "giving back to the community; public institutions talking about "serving communities"; organizations talk about the importance of "building community". Has "community" become a buzzword vacated of any substantive meaning? What values should be embodied in communal practices? What is the difference between a community and a mere interest group - if there's any difference at all?
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Text: Shigehisa Kuriyama, The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine (New York, NY: Zone Books, 2002), 7-8.