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Could we get a criticism section? The collectivism article has one, so this one should, too.--Beneficii (talk) 21:44, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

The article "Three Ideologies of Individualism, published in 2008 in Critical Sociology by TW Greene, offered a critical view of individualism in America. The authored argued that 3 separate but intertwined ideologies (ideology of "self-willed success," "Full self-reliance," and "high self-esteem") formed at historically important junctures, causing some Americans to continue believing that social problems exist within psyches of individuals. These ideologies have played roles in causing Americans to not address structural problems, while perpetuating egoism and selfish behaviors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Togreen1 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Yes, why not? There is the Anti-individualism article which takes an academically critical approach. TonyClarke (talk) 01:02, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

I suppose there must be some authors questioning how "individualism" is sometimes used to give a more attractive coat to ideologies really supportive of oligarchies, as it can legitimize disproportional distribution of power favoring some individuals, even if those ultimately reduce the individual freedoms of the large majority. This notion is possibly expressed by those mentioned as seeing individualism and collectivism as not necessarily conflicting, as, in theory, a collective organization limiting the potential of oligarchy would arguably ultimately tend to amplify individual liberties for the population at large, rather than limiting them and making them "slaves" of the collective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.234.132.123 (talk) 23:25, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Goods and bads

• bad: egoism
• good: you don't care about a particular collectivism; but the result might be a wider collectivism based on the definition of the person as a notion, which is more fundamental than the definition of the country (countries evolved long after personhood) the political party, religion or other metaphysical world view (for example atheism). That doesn't cancel nationality. It redefines it metalogically deeper via the more basic notion of the individual itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.74.225.5 (talk) 04:14, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

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