美国传统基金会-个人主义如何威胁公民社会（英文）-2021.5-14正式版.docVIP

BACKGROUNDER No. 3615 | May 27, 2021 RICHARD AND HELEN DEVOS CENTER FOR RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY How Expressive Individualism Threatens Civil Society Carl R. Trueman, PhD KEY TAKEAWAYS The modern notion of “self,” expressive individualism, which prioritizes individual rights, lies at the heart of many of our current cultural conflicts and issues. Default relationships to others in a world of expressive individualism are potentially adversarial since others exist to fulfill myself in the way I choose. When expressive individualism becomes normative, the implications for society are profound;