Communitarianism - Final Synthesis In Hegelian Dialectic

Dr. Etzioni (who is often called a "guru" by other communitarians) explains where modern communitarianism comes from in the introduction to The Essential Communitarian Reader (1998). He admits the term communitarian originally meant: "a member of a community formed to put into practice communistic or socialistic theories," in the 19 th century. But in case that worries us too much, he assures us Webster's changed the definition in 1909 to mean: 'of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a community.' He tells us the editors of his little group called the Responsive Community, "recognized that communitarian ideas can be found throughout history, although the term itself was coined only in 1841 by Barmby, who founded the Universal Communitarian Association." Wikipedia has just a little more to say about Barmby. http://www.rense.com/general77/sele.htm [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on June 18, 2007]

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